Hesperus
deity sky Greek single tradition · 3
The Greek name for the planet Venus in its evening aspect, also known as the "star of the evening". It corresponds to the Roman name Noctifer.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Greek name for the planet Venus in its evening aspect.
Relationships
- syncretized with
- Noctifer, Ouaiti, Æfensteorra, Phosphorus
- co occurs with
- Ceyx, Eos, Hesperides, Atlas, Astraeus, Hesperis, Cephalus, Daedalion, Shahar, Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli, Zorya, Auseklis, Ēarendel, At-Tariq, Barnumbirr, Ares, Aphrodite, Cronus, Phaethon, Phosphorus, Pyroeis, Phaenon, Mars, Hermes, Mercury, Jupiter, Heracles, Saturn, Hercules, Stilbon, Vesper, Phosphoros, Heosphoros, Zeus, Venus, Apollo
- manifests as
- Evening Star
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (3)
Source passages
“A similar name used by the Roman poet Catullus for the planet in its evening aspect is "Noctifer" (Night-Bringer). This name respectively corresponded to not only the Greek name Hesperus Ἕσπερος (star of the evening), but also the Egyptian name Ouaiti, and the Old English term Æfensteorra (evening star).”
#2268 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Hesperus Aspect of Venus”
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“Phosphorus and Hesperus appear in the earliest surviving works of Greek literature.”
#44859 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-120b:free