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 Translation for 'Hesione' from English to Greek
NOUN   Hesione | -
μυθολ.
Hesione {noun}
Ησιόνη {η}
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Translation for 'Hesione' from English to Greek

Hesione {noun}
Ησιόνη {η}μυθολ.
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Usage Examples English
  • "Acromantis hesione", common name Burmese mantis, is a species of praying mantis found in China and the Philippines.
  • It is Aeneas' father Anchises who tells Cassandra of the mission to bring Hesione, Priam's sister who was taken as a prize by Telamon during the first Trojan War, back from Sparta.
  • In a different story, Heracles slew Cetus to save Hesione.
  • Hercules was so pleased, after the sack of Troy he gave Telamon Hesione as a wife.
  • It is available on VHS based on the 1985 television version directed by Anthony Page, with Rex Harrison as Shotover, Amy Irving as Ellie and Rosemary Harris as Hesione.

  • Nausimedon's mother was either Clymene (daughter of King Catreus), Hesione, or Philyra. He was the brother of Oeax and the famous Palamedes.
  • In Greek mythology, Trambelus (Ancient Greek: Τράμβηλος) was a son of Telamon (thus a half-brother of Ajax the Great and Teucer). His mother was the Trojan captive, Hesione or Theaneira.
  • was the son of Prometheus; ancient sources name his mother as Clymene, Hesione, or Pronoia.
  • In Greek mythology and later art, the name Hesione (/hɪˈsaɪ.əniː/; Ancient Greek: Ἡσιόνη) refers to various mythological figures, of whom the Trojan princess Hesione is most known.
  • "Hésione" was first performed on 21 December 1700 by the Académie royale de musique in the Salle du Palais-Royal in Paris. The opera was a great success at its premiere.

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