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Hesperus is the Evening Star (Venus in the night sky).

Vesper is his Roman counterpart.

The Greeks thought Hesperus to be half-brother to Phosphorus (aka Eosphorus < see reference and sense as used in discussions of the philosophy of language>).

Phosphorus was the Morning Star (Venus in morning sky).

Hesperus is Phosphorus. A statement of historical and philosophical significance.

Neither are stars but rather both are one planet- Venus.

The Greeks mistook morning Venus for a separate celestial body than that of evening Venus.

This Greek Wandering Star (actually a planet) is the correspondant of the Roman Venus. During the Hellenistic era, Venus and Aphrodite were syncretized into the goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation.

Methods: interpretatio graeca, interpretatio romana, nomina alia aliis gentibus.

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