Greek literature Eos

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but dawn appeared, rosy-fingered, gathered folk pyre of glorious hector.




quintus smyrnaeus pictured exulting in heart on radiant horses (lampus , phaëton) drew chariot, amidst bright-haired horae, feminine hours, climbing arc of heaven , scattering sparks of fire.


she associated homeric epithet rosy-fingered (rhododactylos), homer calls eos erigeneia:



that brightest of stars appeared, eosphoros, heralds light of early-rising dawn (eos erigeneia).




hesiod wrote:



and after these erigeneia [ early-born ] bore star eosphoros ( dawn-bringer ), , gleaming stars heaven crowned.




thus eos, preceded morning star, seen genetrix of stars , planets; tears considered have created morning dew, personified ersa or herse (ovid, metamorphoses 13.621-2). eos daughter of hyperion, bringer of light, 1 above, travels high above earth , of theia, divine. brother sun god helios, , sister selene, moon goddess. team of horses pull chariot across sky , named in odyssey firebright , daybright .


she mother of several notable offspring, including winds, zephyrus, boreas, , notus, , morning star, eosphoros, of whom bore titan astraeus ( of stars ), , memnon, son tithonus.


this rosy-fingered, saffron-robed , golden-throned goddess, goes olympus announce light immortals, fell in love several times, , aphrodite cursed perpetually in love, because once had eos lain aphrodite s sweetheart ares, god of war.








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