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In ancient Greek mythology and religion, Eos (/ ˈ iː ɒ s /; Ionic and Homeric Greek Ἠώς Ēṓs, Attic Ἕως Héōs, "dawn", pronounced [ɛːɔ̌ːs] or ; Aeolic Αὔως Aúōs, Doric Ἀώς Āṓs) [3] is the goddess and personification of the dawn, who rose each morning from her home at the edge of the river Oceanus to deliver ...
In Greek, eos refers to the goddess when it begins with a capital letter, but to the physical sunrise when it starts with a lowercase letter. In Greek myth, she was one of the titans. They were the second generation of the gods, and were usually associated with natural phenomena.
Eos, in Greco-Roman mythology, the personification of the dawn. According to the Greek poet Hesiod’s Theogony, she was the daughter of the Titan Hyperion and the Titaness Theia and sister of Helios, the sun god, and Selene, the moon goddess. By the Titan Astraeus she was the mother of the winds.
Eos, daughter of Hyperion and Theia, was the goddess of the dawn; she rode her chariot across the sky at the beginning of each day, dispersing the night. Eos took many mortal lovers, including the handsome prince Tithonus, whom she inadvertently doomed to a terrible fate.
Eos was a Titan goddess in Greek mythology, daughter of the Titans Hyperion and Theia. She was the goddess of the dawn and had two siblings; Helios, god of the sun; and Selene, goddess of the moon.
Eos was the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn. She rose into the sky from the river Oceanus at the start of each day, and with her rays of light dispersed the mists of night. Eos was depicted either driving a chariot drawn by winged horses or borne aloft on her own wings. Her Roman name was Aurora.
Eos is the personification and goddess of the dawn in Greek mythology. She is the daughter of the Titans Hyperion and Theia and the sister of Helios (Sun) and Selene (Moon). Dressed in a saffron-coloured mantle, Eos rides on her chariot in front of Helios to announce the coming of the day.