Eos

Also known as: Dawn · Family: celestial · Role: goddess · First appears: Apollodorus, Library 1.2

🌐 Also appears in: The Metamorphoses of Ovid (as Aurora)

Eos, also known as Dawn, is a celestial goddess born to Hyperion and Theia, alongside Helius and Selene. In Hesiod, she is joined with Astraeus, and together they produce the winds Zephyrus, Boreas, and Notus; she is described as mating in love with a god.

In Apollodorus, Aphrodite causes Eos to remain perpetually in love because she had lain with Ares. Eos falls in love with Orion, carries him to Delos, and later carries off Tithonus to Ethiopia for love. With Tithonus she bears Emathion and Memnon, while Cephalus is another man whom she loves and carries away, and with him she bears Phaethon. Zeus also forbids Eos, Selene, and Helius to shine.

Relationship record

Life events

Hyperion and Thia produced Dawn, Sun, and Moon.(Apollodorus, Library 1.2)
- With: Hyperion Theia Helius Selene
- “to Hyperion and Thia were born Dawn, Sun, and Moon;”
Theia bears Helius, Selene, and Eos to Hyperion.(Hesiod, Theogony 295-404)
- With: Theia Hyperion Helius Selene
- “And Theia was subject in love to Hyperion and bare great Helius (Sun) and clear Selene (Moon) and Eos (Dawn) who shines upon all that are on earth and upon the deathless Gods who live in the wide heaven.”
Eos bears the winds Zephyrus, Boreas, and Notus to Astraeus.(Hesiod, Theogony 295-404)
- With: Astraeus Zephyrus Boreas Notus
- “And Eos bare to Astraeus the strong-hearted winds, brightening Zephyrus, and Boreas, headlong in his course, and Notus,—a goddess mating in love with a god.”

Apollodorus, Library 1.2

parent: Hyperion “to Hyperion and Thia were born Dawn, Sun, and Moon”
parent: Theia “to Hyperion and Thia were born Dawn, Sun, and Moon”
child: Astraeus “to Dawn and Astraeus were born winds and stars”
with Astraeus (The passage names the pair as parents but does not name their individual offspring.) “to Dawn and Astraeus were born winds and stars”

Apollodorus, Library 1.4

courtship with Orion “And Dawn fell in love with Orion and carried him off and brought him to Delos”
with Aphrodite (interaction) “for Aphrodite caused Dawn to be perpetually in love, because she had bedded with Ares”
with Ares (interaction) “because she had bedded with Ares”
admired: Orion “And Dawn fell in love with Orion and carried him off and brought him to Delos”

Apollodorus, Library 1.6

with Zeus (Zeus forbade Dawn to shine.) “But Zeus forbade the Dawn and the Moon and the Sun to shine”

Apollodorus, Library 3.12

courtship with Tithonus “Now the Dawn snatched away Tithonus for love and brought him to Ethiopia”
child: Emathion “and there consorting with him she bore two sons, Emathion and Memnon.”
child: Memnon “and there consorting with him she bore two sons, Emathion and Memnon.”

Apollodorus, Library 3.14

admired: Cephalus “whom Dawn loved and carried off”

Hesiod, Theogony 295-404

parent: Hyperion “And Theia was subject in love to Hyperion and bare great Helius (Sun) and clear Selene (Moon) and Eos (Dawn)”
courtship with Astraeus “And Eos bare to Astraeus the strong-hearted winds”
child: Zephyrus “And Eos bare to Astraeus the strong-hearted winds, brightening Zephyrus”
child: Boreas “and Boreas, headlong in his course”
child: Notus “and Notus,—a goddess mating in love with a god.”

Hesiod, Theogony 979-1021

child: Phaethon “And to Cephalus she bare a splendid son, strong Phaethon, a man like the gods”

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