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'''Aglaurus''' ({{IPAc-en|ə|ˈ|ɡ|l|ɔː|r|ə|s}}; {{langx|grc|Ἄγλαυρος}}) or '''Agraulus''' ({{IPAc-en|ə|ˈ|ɡ|r|ɔː|l|ə|s}}; {{langx|grc|Ἄγραυλος}}) is a name attributed to three figures in [[Greek mythology]].<ref>Bell, p. 16.</ref>

*Aglaurus, the daughter of [[Actaeus]], the first king of [[Attica]]. She married [[Cecrops I|Cecrops]] and according to [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]] became the mother of [[Erysichthon of Attica|Erysichthon]], [[Agraulus]], [[Herse]], and [[Pandrosus]];<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.14.2&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Agraulus 3.14.2].</ref> other authors, however, including [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]] and [[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], state that the eldest daughter of the couple is "[[Aglaurus, daughter of Cecrops|Aglaurus]]" (see next entry), not "Agraulus".<ref>Frazer, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.14.2&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Agraulus#note1 note 1 to 3.14.2]; [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+1.2.6&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Aglaurus 1.2.6]; [[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''[[Fabulae]]'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#166 166].</ref>
*[[Aglaurus, daughter of Cecrops|Aglaurus]], the daughter of [[Cecrops I|Cecrops]] and the above Aglaurus, who was driven to suicide for ignoring a warning from the goddess [[Athena]].<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+1.18.2&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Aglaurus 1.18.2]</ref>
*Aglaurus, daughter of an incestuous relationship between [[Erectheus]] and his daughter [[Procris]].<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''[[Fabulae]]'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#253 253]</ref> Aglaurus is also known as Aglauros (most commonly), Aglaulos, Agraulus, Agravlos, or Agraulos. ''Agraulos'' ("countryside flute") was probably the original form of the name, with the ''r'' and ''l'' commonly switched to produce the prevalent ''Aglauros'' form.

== Notes ==
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== References ==
* [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library].
* Bell, Robert E., ''Women of Classical Mythology: A Biographical Dictionary''. [[ABC-Clio]]. 1991. {{ISBN|9780874365818|0874365813}}.
* [[Gaius Julius Hyginus]], ''Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus'', translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. [https://topostext.org/work/206 Online version at the Topos Text Project].
* [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'' with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. {{ISBN|0-674-99328-4}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library].

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