Eos

In Greek mythology, Eos (Greek: Ηως, "dawn") was the Titanide of the dawn. She was a winged or charioteering deity who would fly across the sky every day to announce the coming of her brother, Helios, the Titan of the sun. She is typically described as being "rosy fingered" and having a saffron-colored robe that is embroidered with flowers and wearing a diadem.
In Roman mythology, Eos was closely equated with Aurora.
==Mythology==
According to Pseudo-Apollodorus, Eos had sex with Ares which angered Aphrodite. Aphrodite then cursed Eos to have an insatiable sexual desire for men. This lust caused her to abduct several men, including Cephalus, Tithonus, Orion, and Cleitus. Cleitus was eventually granted immortality. Eos also asked Zeus to make Tithonus immortal, but she did not request for eternal youth so he aged until he shrivelled to a cricket.
Cephalus was an Athenian youth who was kidnapped by Eos while he was hunting. Eos took the boy to Syria. Despite bearing him three sons, Cephalus began missing his wife, Procris, so Eos returned him to Athens, but not before placing a curse on the couple.
The morning dew was believed to have been the tears of Eos.
==Family==
She was a daughter of Hyperion and Theia. He married Astraeus, the Titan of the dusk, and she bore him several children, including the Anemoi (Boreas, Notus, Eurus, and Zephyrus), the Astra Planeta (Phaenon, Phaethon, Pyroeis, Eosphoros, and Stilbon), and Astraea.
She also mothered Memnon and Emathion by Tithonus. By Cephalus, Eos mothered Phaethon and Hesperus.
==Poetic titles and epithets==
*Chrysopachus (Greek: Χρυσοπαχυς, Khrysopakhus, "golden-armed")
*Crocopeplos (Greek: Κροκοπεπλος, Krokopeplos, "saffron-robed")
*Erigeneia (Greek: Ηριγενεια, "early-born")
*Hemera (Greek: Ἡμερα, "day")
*Orthria (Greek: Ορθρια, "morning-twilight")
*Phaesphorus (Greek: Φαεσφορος, Phaesphoros, "light-bringer")
*Rhododactylus (Greek: Ροδοδακτυλος, Rhododaktylos, "rosy-fingered")
*Rhodopachus (Greek: Ροδοπαχυς, Rhodopakhus, "rosy-armed")
*Tito (Greek: Τιτω, "day")
Category:Greek deities
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