Hesperos

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Hesperos is the ancient Greek personification of the evening star, typically associated with the planet Venus as seen at dusk.

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Label Occurrences
Hesperos canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek mythological figure
personification
star deity
appearsAt dusk
associatedWith evening star
planet Venus
category Greek personification
Greek star deity
celestialBody Venus NERFINISHED
contrastedWith Eosphoros NERFINISHED
Phosphoros NERFINISHED
culture Ancient Greek religion
domain sky
stars
equivalent Evening Star NERFINISHED
Vesper NERFINISHED
familyRelation sometimes described as son of Astraios
sometimes described as son of Atlas
sometimes described as son of Eos
gender male
greekName Ἓσπερος NERFINISHED
identifiedAs same physical star as Phosphoros in later Greek thought
languageOfName Ancient Greek
latinName Vesper NERFINISHED
mentionedIn Hesiodic tradition NERFINISHED
later Greek astronomical writings
role personification of the evening star
symbol evening light of Venus NERFINISHED
timeOfDay evening
worshipType minor deity

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Hesperis relatedConcept Hesperos
Hesperis oftenConfusedWith Hesperos