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Encyclopedia > Aegle


In Greek mythology, there were three different people named Aegle. One belonged to the Hesperides, another to the Heliades, and the third was a Naiad occasionally considered the mother of the Charites by Helios.


96 Aegle is an asteroid.


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Bael Fruit - LoveToKnow 1911 (154 words)
Aegle is a genus of the botanical natural order Rutaceae, containing two species in tropical Asia and one in west tropical Africa.
Aegle marmelos, the baelor bel-fruit tree (also known as Bengal quince), is found wild or cultivated throughout India.
The name Aegle is from one of the Hesperides, in reference to the golden fruit; marmelos is Portuguese for quince.
AEGLE : Nymph of sunlight ; Greek mythology : AIGLE (278 words)
AEGLE : Nymph of sunlight ; Greek mythology : AIGLE
AIGLE (or Aegle) was a Naiad or Okeanid nymph, the mother of the Kharites (Graces) by the sun-god Helios.
AEGLE (Aiglê), The most beautiful of the Naiads, daughter of Zeus and Neaera (Virg.
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