Hebe

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hebe \He"be\, n. [L., fr. Gr. "h`bh youth, "H`bh Hebe.]
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     1. (Class. Myth.) The goddess of youth, daughter of Jupiter
        and Juno. She was believed to have the power of restoring
        youth and beauty to those who had lost them.
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     2. (Zool.) An African ape; the hamadryas.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Hebe
       n : (Greek mythology) the goddess of youth and spring; wife of
           Hercules; daughter of Zeus and Hera; cupbearer to the
           Olympian gods