Vesper – Vesper / Hesperus
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hesperus
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069113/
Vesper is the middle daughter of Silenus and historian of Atlantea. She sends your wizard on a Poseidon Adventure! In a turn-around from most Aquilan inspirations, Vesper actaully takes her name from the Roman god and not the Greek.
In Greek mythology, Hesperus is the Evening Star, (not actually a star but rather the planet Venus in the evening). He is one of the Astra Planeta. A son of the dawn goddess Eos (Roman Aurora), he is the half-brother of her other son, Phosphorus (also called Eosphorus; the “Morning Star”). Hesperus’ Roman equivalent is Vesper (cf. “evening”, “supper”, “evening star”, “west”). By one account, Hesperus’ father was Cephalus, a mortal, while Phosphorus was the star god Astraios. Other sources, however, state that Hesperus was the brother of Atlas, and thus the son of Iapetus.
The quest Vesper sends your wizard on is a reference to the 1972 (and 2005 remake) 20th Century Fox film adaptation of The Poseidon Adventure, a 1969 novel written by Paul Gallico.
The current list of all the (known) Aquila references are located here.
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Text for this article is excerpted from the linked wiki pages
Vesper image is from Wizard101, and is copyright of KingsIsle Entertainment.
Hesperus as Personification of the Evening Star by Anton Raphael Mengs is borrowed from Wikipedia it is in the public domain.
Movie poster for The Poseidon Adventure is (c) 1975 20th Century Fox
Image usage qualifies as fair use under US copyright law.
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