![]() Although they lived happily together, Eos was getting tired of all her mortal lovers leaving her or dying, and she was afraid that she’d lose Tithonus in the same way. Tithonus was a Trojan prince who was possibly the most famous of all Eos’ mortal lovers. After eight long years, Eos finally relented and let Cephalus return to his wife. Cephalus loved his wife, Procris and longed to return to her. Eos kept him with her for a very long time and had a son with him, whom they named Phaethon.Īlthough Eos was in love, she could see that Cephalus wasn’t truly happy with her. She kidnapped him and the two soon became lovers. Cephalus, the son of Deion and Diomede, lived in Athens and he was already married to a beautiful woman called Procris, but Eos chose to ignore this fact. ![]() The story of Eos and Cephalus is another famous myth about her mortal lovers. In some versions of the myth, he was killed on the island by Artemis, the goddess of hunting, because she was jealous of him and Eos. Orion was abducted by Eos and taken to the island of Delos, after he had regained his eyesight. Orion was a legendary huntsman and was said to be Eos’ first mortal lover after she was cursed by Aphrodite. She wanted to get rid of her and so she cursed Eos so that she would only fall in love with mortals.įrom that point onwards, Eos then began to be associated with the abduction of mortals she fell in love with. Aphrodite was overcome with jealousy and she saw Eos as her competition. When Aphrodite, the goddess of love, found out about the two, she was enraged, because she was also one of Ares’ lovers. In fact, their relationship didn’t get the chance to go too far. Ares, the Greek god of war was one of her lovers but they never had any children together. The Curse of AphroditeĪs already mentioend, Eos had many lovers, both mortal and immortal. ![]() In the evening she would rest and prepare for the next day. As written in Homeric poems, not only did Eos announce the arrival of her brother Helios, the god of the sun, but she also accompanied him during the day until he was done traversing the sky. Eos as the Goddess of the DawnĮos’ role as the goddess of the dawn was to ascend up to heaven from Oceanus at the end of the night, to announce the coming of the sunlight to all the gods and mortals. Together, the couple had many children including the Anemoi and the Astra Planeta.Īstra Planeta – the five gods who were personifications of the planets:Įos was also famous as the mother of Astraea who was the virgin goddess of justice. At first, she was linked with Astraeus, the god of dusk, who was also a second generation Titan like herself and closely associated with the planets and the stars. Eos and AstraeusĮos was well known for her many lovers, both mortal and immortal. According to some sources, however, Eos’ father was a Titan called Pallas. She was the sister of Helios and Selene, the personifications of the sun and the moon respectively. Who was Eos?Įos was a Titan of the second generation, born to Hyperion, the god of heavenly light and his wife Theia, the Titaness of sight. She was said to have rosy forearms, or rosy fingers, and she awoke early every morning to open the gates of heaven so that the sun could rise.Įos isn’t the most famous of deities in Greek mythology, but she did play a very important role by bringing light to the world each day. In Greek mythology, Eos was the Titan goddess of the dawn who lived at the border of the Oceanus.
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