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Named after
Peter Abelard - French philosopher, lover of Heloise (1079-1142).
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Ethiopian slave, beloved of Egyptian officer Radames in Verdi's opera "Aida" (Italy, 1870).
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Lover of Tinatin in Shota Rustavely's novel "Knight in tiger-skin" (Georgia, 12th century).
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Romantic heroine of Flaubert's novel "Madame Bovary" (France, 19th century).
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Tragic lover of Heathcliff in Emily Brontë's novel "Wuthering Heights" (England, 1847).
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Roman god of love, equivalent of Eros.
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Lover, character of medieval European legend retold in Moliere's "Don Juan" (France, 1665).
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Knight-errant, imagined Dulcinea as his lady-love in Cervantes' "Don Quixote" (Spain, 1605).
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Imaginary lady-love of the knight Don Quixote in Cervantes' "Don Quixote" (Spain, 1605).
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In Greek mythology, wife of singer Orpheus, who fails to bring her from Hades.
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Lover of Genji in "The Tale of Genji" by Murasaki Sikibu, first modern novel (Japan, c.1000).
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Woman in Greek mythology, brought to life from statue by Pygmalion, legendary king of Cyprus.
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Marina Gamba - companion of astronomer Galileo Galilei (Italy, 17th century).
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Prince, lover of Fujitsubo in "The Tale of Genji" by Murasaki Sikibu (Japan, c.1000).
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Tragic lover of Catherine in Emily Brontë's novel "Wuthering Heights" (England, 1847).
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Attendant of Eros; personification of the longing of love in Greek mythology.
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Love child of Poseidon and Hiona in Greek mythology; also island (Chios) in the Aegean Sea.
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Shah Jahan - Mogul emperor, built Taj Mahal in Agra, India for wife Mumtaz Mahal (1592-1666).
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Lithuanian blacksmith, lover of sea goddess Jurate; taken by her to the sea floor.
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Lover of Hero, swam to her across Hellespont every night and drowned; in despair, Hero drowned herself.
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Majnoon's lover in "Leylie and Majnoon" poems by Jami and Navoi (Khorasan, 1480s).
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Young girl from V. Nabokov's novel "Lolita" (USA, 1955).
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Named after
Mumtaz Mahal - Mogul empress; favorite wife of Shah Jahan, who built Taj Mahal (1592-1631).
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Leylie's lover in "Leylie and Majnoon" poems by Jami and Navoi (Khorasan, 1480s).
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Wife of Prince Golaud and lover of his half-brother, Pelléas, in Maeterlinck drama (Belgium, 1892).
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Young man from Greek mythology who fell in love with his own reflection in water.
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Singer and musician in Greek mythology; fails to bring his love Eurydice from Hades.
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Named after Lover of Tai-yü in novel by Ts'ao Chan (China, 18th century Pao-yü - also "Dream of the Red Chamber", 1929).
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Beloved of Mélisande in Maeterlinck drama and later musical works by Faure, Debussy and Schoenberg.
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Beloved of Eros; personification of human soul in Greek mythology.
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King of Cyprus; carved statue of woman brought to life as Galatea, whom he married.
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Egyptian officer, beloved of Ethiopian slave Aida in Verdi's opera "Aida" (Italy, 1870).
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Moon goddess in Greek mythology, lover of Endymion.
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Named after Beloved by Pao-yü in novel by Ts'ao Chan (China, 18th century Tai-yü - also "Dream of the Red Chamber", 1929).
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Māori hero, beloved of young maiden Hinemoa who swam across Lake Rotorua to marry him.
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St. Valentine's day (principally Roman) for all lovers.