Erato (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Erato (/ˈɛrətoʊ/; Ancient Greek: Ἐρατώ "desired" or "lovely") was the name of the following individuals.
- Erato, one of the Nereids.[1][2]
- Erato, one of the Greek Muses.[3]
- Erato, one of the Nymphs Dodonides (Nysiades), nurses of Dionysus in Mount Nysa.[4]
- Erato, one of the daughters of Danaus and Polyxo. Under the command of their father, along with her sisters except Hypermnestra, Erato married and murdered her husband Bromios[5] or Eudaemon[6] at the night of their wedding.
- Erato (dryad), the wife of Arcas.[7]
- Erato, daughter of Thespius and Megamede. She bore Heracles a son, Dynastes.[8]
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