Aglaea

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Aglaea is the name of five figures in Greek mythology

Aglaea, the Charis

The youngest of the Charites, Aglaea or Aglaia ("splendor, brilliant, shining one") was Hephaestus' wife and Asclepius' daughter in Greek mythology. Other sources cite her and her sisters as the daughters of Zeus and the Oceanid Eurynome. With Charopus, she was the mother of Nireus. Her other two sisters were Euphrosyne, and Thalia. Together they were known as the Three Graces, or the Charites.

The asteroid 47 Aglaja is named for her.

Aglaea, Daughter of Mantineus

Aglaea is the daughter of Mantineus. She married Abas and had twins: Acrisius and Proetus

Aglaea, Daughter of Thespius

Aglaea is the daughter of Thespius and Megamede. She bore Heracles a son, Antiades.

Aglaea, lover of Amythaon

Aglaea is the mother, by Amythaon, of Melampus and Bias.

Aglaea, the nymph

Aglaea is a nymph. She is the mother, by Charopus, of Nireus.

Aglaea is also the magazine of Phi Mu Fraternity

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