masculine Hesperus

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greek
Name Root:
hespéra > hésperos > Hespĕrus
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This name derives from the Ancient Greek “hespéra (ἑσπέρα) hésperos (ἕσπερος),” meaning “evening star, evening, western, (figuratively) western peoples.” In Greek mythology, Hesperus is the Evening Star, the planet Venus in the evening. He is the son of the dawn goddess Eos (Roman Aurora) and is the half-brother of her other son, Phosphorus (also called Eosphorus; the ‘Morning Star’). Hesperus’ Roman equivalent is Vesper (evening, supper, evening star, west). Hesperus’ father was Cephalus, a mortal, while Phosphorus’ was the star god Astraios.

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