Aglaia (mythology)

Aglaea (/əˈɡliːə/) or Aglaia (/əˈɡlaɪə/; Ancient Greek: Ἀγλαΐα means 'splendor, brilliant, shining one'^{[citation needed]}) is the name of several figures in Greek mythology:^[1]

• Aglaia (Grace), one of the three Charites.
• Aglaea or Ocalea, daughter of Mantineus. She married Abas and had twins: Acrisius and Proetus.^[2]
• Aglaea, mother of Melampus and Bias by Amythaon.^[3]
• Aglaea, a Thespian princess as one of the 50 daughters of King Thespius and Megamede^[4] or by one of his many wives.^[5] When Heracles hunted and ultimately slayed the Cithaeronian lion,^[6] Aglaia with her other sisters, except for one,^[7] all laid with the hero in a night,^[8] a week^[9] or for 50 days^[10] as what their father strongly desired it to be.^[11] Aglaia bore Heracles a son, Antiades.^[12]
• Aglaea, a nymph who became the mother, by King Charopus of Syme, of Nireus.^[13][14] The latter was second in beauty among Achaeans after Achilles.