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Name Hedone
Gender Feminine
Usage Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek
Scripts Ἡδονή(Ancient Greek)
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Meaning & History
Means "pleasure" in Greek. In Greek mythology, Hedone is personified as a goddess of pleasure, enjoyment and delight, as the daughter born from the union of Eros (personification of love) and Psyche (personification of the soul). She was associated more specifically with sensual pleasure. Her equivalent in Roman mythology is Voluptas.