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Henry Longfellow wrote an epic poem called The Wreck of the Hesperus. There is a large family of bats called Vesper bats in the family Vespertilionidae.

In Greek mythology, Hesperos (also Hesperus or Eosphorus) was a son of either Eos or Atlas. His Roman equivalent was Vesper.

He is the personification of the evening star, the planet Venus.

He was the father of Ceyx and Daedalion.

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Hesperus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (269 words)
	Hesperus is the personification of the evening star, the planet Venus.
	His name is sometimes conflated with the names Eosphorus (Εώσφορος, "bringer of dawn"; Latin Aurora) or Phosphorus (Φώσφορος, "bringer of light", translated as Lucifer in Latin) since they are all personifications of the same planet Venus.
	When named thus by the ancient Greeks, it was thought that Phosphorus and Hesperus (Venus in the evening) were two different celestial objects.

NATURAL PERSONIFICATIONS, Greek Mythology Link. (348 words)
	Carpo is the bringer of Fruit, one of the HORAE.
	In any case Eosphorus is the son of Eos (Dawn) either by Cephalus 2 or by Astraeus 1.
	He was husband of Philonis and was father by her of Ceyx.

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