Lovers and children Eos

eos in chariot flying on sea, red-figure krater south italy, 430–420 bc, staatliche antikensammlungen

according pseudo-apollodorus, eos consorted war god ares , thereupon cursed unsatisfiable sexual desire jealous aphrodite. caused abduct number of handsome young men, notably cephalus, tithonus, orion, , cleitus. good-looking cleitus made immortal her. asked tithonus made immortal, forgot ask eternal youth, resulted in him living forever helpless old man.

according hesiod tithonus eos had 2 sons, memnon , emathion. memnon fought among trojans in trojan war , slain. image dead memnon across knees, thetis dead achilles icons inspired christian pietà.

eos , slain memnon on attic red-figure cup, ca. 490–480 bce, so-called memnon pietà found @ capua (louvre).

the abduction of cephalus had special appeal athenian audience because cephalus local boy, , myth element appeared in attic vase-paintings , exported them. in literary myths eos kidnapped cephalus when hunting , took him syria. second-century ce traveller pausanias informed abductor of cephalus hemera, goddess of day. although cephalus married procris, eos bore him 3 sons, including phaeton , hesperus, began pining procris, causing disgruntled eos return him — , put curse on them. in hyginus report, cephalus accidentally killed procris time later after mistook animal while hunting; in ovid s metamorphoses vii, procris, jealous wife, spying on him , heard him singing wind, thought serenading ex-lover eos.