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Definitions for hesperus
ˈhɛs pər əshes·pe·rus

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. evening star, Hesperus, Vespernoun

    a planet (usually Venus) seen at sunset in the western sky

Wiktionary

  1. Hesperusnoun

    The planet Venus when observed as an evening star.

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  1. Hesperus

    In Greek mythology, Hesperus (; Ancient Greek: Ἕσπερος, romanized: Hésperos) is the Evening Star, the planet Venus in the evening. He is one of the Astra Planeta. A son of the dawn goddess Eos (Roman Aurora), he is the half-brother of her other son, Phosphorus (also called Eosphorus; the "Morning Star"). Hesperus' Roman equivalent is Vesper (cf. "evening", "supper", "evening star", "west"). By one account, Hesperus' father was Cephalus, a mortal, while Phosphorus was the star god Astraios. Other sources, however, state that Hesperus was the brother of Atlas, and thus the son of Iapetus.

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  1. hesperus

    Hesperus is a term from ancient Greek mythology, also known as Vesper in Roman mythology. It is a name referring to the "Evening Star," which is the planet Venus in the evening.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Hesperusnoun

    venus when she is the evening star; Hesper

  2. Hesperusnoun

    evening

  3. Etymology: [L. See Hesper.]

Wikidata

  1. Hesperus

    In Greek mythology, Hesperus is the Evening Star, the planet Venus in the evening. He is the son of the dawn goddess Eos and is the brother of Eosphorus, the son of the morning. Hesperus' Roman equivalent is Vesper. Hesperus' father was Cephalus, a mortal, while Eosphoros' was the star god Astraios.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Hesperus

    the personification of the evening star and an object of worship.

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Mythology

  1. Hesperus

    (Hes′perus), brother of Atlas, was changed into the evening star.

    “To the ocean now I fly, And those happy climes that lie Where day never shuts his eye, Upon the broad fields of the sky: There I suck the liquid air, All amidst the gardens fair Of Hesperus and his daughters three, That sing about the golden tree.” (Milton.)

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of hesperus in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of hesperus in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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