Eos
Eos (Ionic and Homeric Greek: Ἠώς, Ēōs; Attic: Ἕως, Éōs; Aeolic: Αὔως, Aúōs; Doric: Ἀώς, Āṓs) is the goddess of the dawn in Greek mythology. Eos was a daughter of the Titans Hyperion and Theia. Eos' has two siblings: Helios, god of the sun, and Selene, goddess of the moon.
Myth
Eos leaves her home, which is at the edge of the ocean, every morning to wake her brother, Helios. She then opens the gates of heaven so that Helios can ride his chariot across the sky each day.
Eos Media
Eos by Evelyn De Morgan (1895)
L' Aurore, 1693 bronze statue of Eos by Philippe Magnier (1647–1715), on display at Louvre Museum, France.
Eos in front of the chariot of the Sun, Wiesbaden Kurhaus.
Eos and Tithonus, by Julien Simon, 1783, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen.
Related pages
- Aurora - Roman mythology version of Eos.
- Thesan - Etruscan mythology version of Eos.