 Hymen (god)

Hymen (), Hymenaios or Hymenaeus, in Hellenistic religion, is 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 is sung at the nuptial threshold.