Tara (mythology)

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In Greek mythology, Tara was one of the seven Hesperides and sister of Aiopis, Antheia, Kalypso, Donakis, Mermesa and Nelisa. [1]

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  1. Walters, Henry Beauchamp (1905). History of Ancient Pottery: Greek, Etruscan, and Roman: Based on the Work of Samuel Birch. 2. pp.  92.

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