Hesperus (disambiguation)
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Hesperus (or Hesperos) was a Greek mythological figure.
Hesperus may also refer to:
People
[edit]- Hesperos or Wesparos, a name for the Western Locrians
Places in the United States
[edit]- Hesperus, Colorado, an unincorporated community in Colorado
- Hesperus Mountain (Colorado), a mountain in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado
- Hesperus Ski Area, a ski area near Hesperus, Colorado
- Mount Hesperus (Alaska), a mountain in the Revelation Mountains of Alaska
Arts, entertainment, and media
[edit]- Hesperus (ensemble), an early-music ensemble
- Hesperos, a periodical newspaper, issued in Leipzig, in the late 19th cenrury, in Greek
- Hesperus Press Ltd., a British independent publisher
- Hesperus oder 45 Hundposttage, a 1795 novel by the German Romantic writer Jean Paul
Ships
[edit]- Hesperus (clipper ship), traded between England and Adelaide, South Australia
- HMS Hesperus (H57), a destroyer in the Royal Navy
Other uses
[edit]- Hesperus (beetle), a genus of rove beetles
See also
[edit]- Esperos, a modern Greek football club
- Hesperides
- Hesperis
- Hesperium
- Hesperius
- Wreck of the Hesperus (band)
- "Wreck of the Hesperus" (song)
- "Wreck of the Hesperus", a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow