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Eos. print005: John Gibson 1790-1866: Sculpture of Aurora (1849). Drawing by Sig. Guglielmi.
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Eos is Dawn, a goddess perpetually in love.
Shiny offspring
The offspring of the TITANS Hyperion 1 and Thia are those who shine both on earth and heaven, for one of their children is called Helius (Sun), another Selene (Moon), and yet
another Eos (Dawn). Eos consorted with Astraeus 1, the son of the Titan Crius 1 and Eurybia 1, daughter of Pontus (Sea) and Gaia (Earth).
They gave birth to the WINDS and to the stars, among which Eosphorus (see below).
Tithonus 1
Eos also fell in love with Tithonus 1, and carried him away, bringing him to Eastern Ethiopia where he founded Susa. But Tithonus 1, son of King Laomedon 1 of Troy (son of Ilus 2, the founder of Troy, son of Tros 1, after whom the Trojans are called, son of Erichthonius 1, son of Dardanus 1, son of Zeus and the Pleiad Electra 3), was a mortal man, and on account of this disgrace, Eos asked Zeus that Tithonus 1 should be deathless and live eternally. But on asking this favor, she forgot to ask
youth for him. So at first, they lived as
enthusiastic lovers live, but when his hair became
grey, Eos grew tired of sleeping with him, and in
spite of she cherishing him and nourishing him with
ambrosia, Old Age came
upon him, and gradually hardening its grip on him,
made so that he could not move his limbs nor do
anything except babble endlessly. Yet others affirm
that she always loved him, and that she never was
ashamed of sleeping with and old man, and kiss his
hoary hair.
Always in love
Eos also carried off Cephalus 2, the son of Hermes and Herse 2 (see also Envy) or, as some say, the son of Hermes and Creusa 1, daughter of King Erechtheus of Athens, and took him to
Syria. And Eos is also known for having been the lover of Orion. Because of this particular affair Artemis killed Orion, the reason being (they say) that the gods were jealous because Orion had become her lover. But this rosy-fingered, saffron-robed, golden-throned goddess, who goes up to Olympus to announce the light to the immortals, was caused by Aphrodite to be perpetually in love for having lain with the latter's sweetheart, Ares.
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Hyperion 1, one of the TITANS, is a
bringer of light. Some have said that he
was the first to understand the movement
of the sun, moon and stars. By his sister
and wife Thia ( sometimes called
Euryphaessa) he had also other children: Helius, Selene, and
Titan, after whom the place Titane near Corinth was named. Some say that Titan was the father of Asteria 1, whom Zeus turned into a
quail.
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Tithonus 1
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Emathion 1
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Emathion 1 has been called king of the Ethiopians. He was killed by Heracles 1 when the
latter was journeying in Arabia.
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Memnon
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Memnon was king of the
Eastern Ethiopians. He came with a poweful army to
fight against the Achaeans in the Trojan War. Memnon is said by some to
have killed at Troy Antilochus, son of Nestor. He also slew the
Pylians Pheron and Ereuthus who had followed Nestor to Troy. Memnon was himself killed
by Achilles, but was
made immortal by Zeus at his mother's request. He is buried in the neighborhood of Paltus in Syria.
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Astraeus 1
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Astraea / Dike
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Astraea, who sometimes is said to be the
daughter of Zeus and
Themis, is Justice. She lived on earth during the Golden Age, but
left when the Iron
Age came, being the last of the immortals to do
so. The same is said about Dike (Justice), except that
she left the earth and went to heaven already when
the Race of
Bronze was born.
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Zephyrus 1
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For Zephyrus 1, Notus, Boreas 1, and Eurus see WINDS.
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Boreas 1
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Eurus
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Eosphorus
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Eosphorus brings the Dawn, and he is both the
morning and the evening star.
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Cephalus 2
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Tithonus 2
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Some say Phaethon 1 is son of Tithonus 2. Others call him son of Cephalus 2 and Hemera (Day).
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Phaethon 1 was ravished by Aphrodite, and made a
keeper of her shrine.
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Orion
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The gods were jealous of Orion because he was Eos'
lover, and for that, it is said, Artemis killed him.
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Ares
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For loving this god, Eos was caused by Aphrodite to be
perpetually in love.
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Genealogical Charts
Names in this chart: Adonis, Aphrodite, Ares, Astraea, Astraeus 1, Astynous 1, Cephalus 2, Cinyras 1, Emathion 1, Eos, Eosphorus, Gaia, Helius, Hermes, Hyperion 1, Laomedon 1, Megassares, Memnon, Orion, Phaethon 1, Pharnace, Sandocus, Selene, Thia, Titan, Tithonus 1, Tithonus 2, Uranus, WINDS.
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Eos in GROUPS: PERSONIFICATIONS, TITANS |
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Sources
Abbreviations |
Apd.1.2.2, 1.4.4, 3.12.4-5, 3.14.3;
Hes.The.372, 378ff., 984, 986; Hom.Il.11.1;
Hom.Od.5.121; Hyg.Ast.2.25; Nonn.5.516,
6.33ff.; Ov.Fast.5.159; Ov.Met.1.149;
Prop.2.18.
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