Hesperus

Examples

• All

• It is said, for example, that although one cannot know a priori that Hesperus and Phosphorus are identical, the truth that one learns when one learns of their identity is a necessary truth.

  Academic text (1998)

• "There went Hesperus," said Dr. Jones.

  Fiction book (1992)

• I know the orbit of Hesperus as I know my hand.

  Fiction book (1992)

• I keep my appointment with Hesperus in two hours and twenty-two minutes.

  Fiction book (1992)

• In the painting, one of the daughters of Hesperus holds a lyre.

  Academic text (2016)

• And though ridge trees obstruct my view of Venus when she is stella splendida, et matutina, the bright and morning star, I get good light from her in years when she is Hesperus in the early dark of winter.

  Academic text (1994)

• Hesperus shines brightly in the evening sky, guiding travelers home.

• Astronomers observe Hesperus as it twinkles above the horizon at sunset.

• Many cultures have long associated Hesperus with beauty and the arrival of night.

Synonyms

V

Venus

vsHesperus

58 3.6

The second planet from the Sun that shines brightly at dawn or dusk

is the specific evening appearance of that planet rather than the planet itself

E

evening star

vsHesperus

2 3.3

A bright planet, usually Venus, seen in the western sky at sunset

is the astronomical label for that planet when seen at or after sunset

V

Vesper

vsHesperus

• Literature

9.9

The planet Venus seen as a bright star in the western sky at sunset

is the neutral term for that planet specifically when visible after sunset

Surface Forms

Etymology