Hymen (god)

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Hymen (Greek Ὑμέναιος, latin Hymenaeus ) was in Greek mythology a god of the wedding. Its name originated as a personification of the traditional at marriages within the Epithalamiums song or Zurufs Hymen o Hymenai, Hymen.

The anthem and the and the hymen is named after this god.

Myth

As a personification of Hochzeitslied Hymenaios first appears in Pindar and Euripides. Although he was mythological poorly developed, there are numerous variations on his background: He is considered

• Son of Apollo and a muse ( Urania either or Calliope )
• An Athenian youth, who once loved a maiden whose parents refused to let him in girls clothes to Eleusis Demeter followed the feast. There, however, he was kidnapped, along with the gathered there virgins of robbers. However Hymenaios killed them when they were asleep drunk on the coast, so the girls were rescued
• Son of Bia and Kratos
• Son of Dionysus and Aphrodite
• An Argive Schiffer, the Athenian virgins protected from the attack by pirates.

Representation

In pictorial representations Hymenaios is usually shown as a winged youth carrying a bridal torch, a saffron-colored veil and a wreath of flowers, especially roses, or marjoram.