Aglaia, Aglaea, Aglaïa, Aglaja, or Aglaya (Ἀγλαΐα) is an ancient Greek female name and may refer to:
People and mythical figures
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Aglaia or Aglaea (mythology)
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Aglaia (Grace)
In Greek mythology, Aglaia, Aglaïa (), or Aglaea () (''Brill's New Pauly''s.v. Aglaea (1)) is a goddess, one of the Charites (known as the Graces in Roman mythology).
Family
According to Hesiod and other sources (including Apollodorus), Agl ...
, one of the Charites in Greek mythology
* Saint
Aglaia of Rome, 4th century, a companion of
Saint Boniface of Tarsus
Science
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''Aglaia'' (plant), a genus of trees in the mahogany family
* ''
Drosophila aglaia'', an endangered species of fly from Hawaii
* The butterfly genus ''
Aglais'' (Dalman, 1816)
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47 Aglaja
47 Aglaja is a large, dark main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Robert Luther on 15 September 1857 from Düsseldorf. The name was chosen by the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Bonn and refers to Aglaea, one of the Charites in ...
, an asteroid
Theatre
* ', a ballet by
Filippo Taglioni.
* ''Aglaia'', an
opera by Heitor Villa-Lobos
Other uses
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Aglaia (given name)
* , an 18th-century British ship
See also
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Aglaja (disambiguation)
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Aglae (disambiguation)
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