Hymen (Himeneo) at The State Russian Museum, St Petersburg

Hymen (Ancient Greek: Ὑμήν), Hymenaios or Hymenaeus, in ancient Greece, was a god of marriage ceremonies, inspiring feasts and song. Related to the god's name, a hymenaios is a genre of Greek lyric poetry sung during the procession of the bride to the groom's house in which the god is addressed, in contrast to the Epithalamium, which was sung at the nuptial threshold. He was one of the winged love gods, Erotes. He was the son of a muse, Clio or Calliope or Urania or Terpsichore.许墨奈俄斯（Hymen），又称许墨奈奥斯（Hymenaios）或许墨纳厄斯（Hymenaeus），在古希腊是掌管婚姻仪式的神祇，可激发婚宴与颂歌的创作灵感。与该神祇之名相关的许墨奈亚斯（hymenaios）是一类希腊抒情诗体裁，这类诗歌在新娘前往新郎宅邸的游行过程中传唱，内容以向该神祇祈福祷告为主；与之相对的是《祝婚歌》（Epithalamium），其传唱场景为新婚门槛处。他是带翼爱神厄洛斯群（Erotes）之一，其母亲为九位缪斯之一，具体为克利俄（Clio）、卡利俄珀（Calliope）、乌拉尼亚（Urania）或特耳西科瑞（Terpsichore）。