Hymen (god)

Hymen (Ancient Greek: Ὑμήν), Hymenaios or Hymenaeus, in Hellenistic religion, is a god of marriage ceremonies who inspires feasts and song. Related to the god's name, a hymenaios is a genre of Greek lyric poetry that was 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. He is one of the winged love gods, the Erotes.

Quotes from Modern sources

• To bed my Love; Hymen will punish us
  For being slack performers of his rites.
  • Beaumont and Fletcher, The Maid's Tragedy, act II, Amintor to Evadne