Aegle
Αἴγλη
(Αἴγλη), one of the daughters of Aesculapius (Plin. Nat. 35.40.31) by Lampetia, the daughter of the Sun, according to Hermippus (apud Schol. in Aristoph. Plut. 701), or by Epione, according to Suidas. (s. v. Ἠπιόνη.) She is said to have derived her name Aegle, " Brightness," or " Splendour," either from the beauty of the human body when in good health, or from the honour paid to the medical profession. (J. H. Meibom. Comment. in Hippocr. " Jusjur." Lugd. Bat. 1643, 4to. 6.7, p. 55.)
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.