Eos.
    The Greek goddess of dawn, Eos was the youngest of the three children of the Titans Hyperion, a god of the sun, and his sister Thea. Eos (Aurora) was an amorous deity, falling in love with a number of handsome youths, whom she carried off by force. The most famous of her liaisons was with Tithonus, a mortal to whom she bore Memnon; Orion, Cleitus, and Cephalus were also objects of her desire. Some legends say that her obsessive pursuit of young men was her punishment for having enticed Ares away from Aphrodite.
    Eos is commonly characterized in ancient literature as “rosy-fingered” and “saffron-robed”—epithets derived from colors of the early morning sky. She is often depicted bringing in the day on her chariot, or leading the horses of Phoebus Apollo, the sun god, sometimes accompanied by the Horae (Hours) or Seasons. As Dawn, the bringer of light, Eos symbolizes the defeat of Night, or darkness, and is often seen as an allegory of enlightenment.
    A contrasting theme has her mourning for her son, Memnon, who was killed by Achilles at Troy; the morning dew was thought to represent her tears.

Listings are arranged under the following headings:
(CEPHALUS; MEMNON; ORION)
Return of Persephone(PersephoneReturn)

See also CEPHALUS; MEMNON; ORION.