See also:

• AURORA
• AURORA (perhaps through a form ausosa from Sansk. ush, to burn ; the common idea of " brightness " suggests a connexion with aurum, gold)

AURORA (perhaps through a See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form ausosa from Sansk. ush, to See also:

• BURN, RICHARD (1709-1785)

burn ; the See also:

• COMMON

common See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea of " brightness " suggests a connexion with aurum, See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold)  , the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman goddess of the See also:

• DAWN (the 16th-century form of the earlier " Jawing " or " dawning," from an old verb " daw," O. Eng. dagian, to become day; cf. Dutch dagen, and Ger. tagen)

dawn, corresponding to the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek goddess Eos . According to See also:

• HESIOD

Hesiod (Theog . 271) she was the daughter of the Titan See also:

• HYPERION

Hyperion and Thea (or Euryphassa), and See also:

• SISTER

sister of Helios and Selene . By the Titan Astraeus, she was the See also:

• MOTHER

mother of the winds See also:

• ZEPHYRUS

Zephyrus, Notus and See also:

• BOREAS

Boreas, of See also:

• HESPERUS (Gr. "Ea-repor, Lat. Vesper)

Hesperus and the stars . See also:

• HOMER, WINSLOW (1836-191o)

Homer represents her as rising every See also:

• MORNING

morning from the See also:

• COUCH, DARIUS NASH (1822-1897)

couch of See also:

• TITHONUS

Tithonus (by whom she was the mother of Emathion and See also:

• MEMNON

Memnon), and See also:

• DRAWN

drawn out of the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east in a See also:

• CHARIOT (derived from an O. Fr. word, formed from char, a car)

chariot by the horses Lampus and See also:

• PHAETHON (Gr. gSaEBwv, shining, radiant)

Phaethon to carry See also:

• LIGHT

light to gods and men (Odyssey, See also:

• XXIII

xxiii . 253); in Homer, she abandons her course when the See also:

• SUN
• SUN (0. Eng. sonne, Ger. sonne. Fr. soleil, Lat. sol, Gr. ijXior, from which comes helio- in various English compounds)

sun is fully risen (or at the latest at See also:

• MID

mid-See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day, Iliad, ix . 66), but in later literature she accompanies the sun all day and thus becomes the goddess of the daylight . From the roseate shafts of light which See also:

• HERALD (O. Fr. heraut, herault; the origin is uncertain, but O.H.G. heren, to call, or hariwald, leader of an army, have been proposed; the Gr. equivalent is Kddpvi : Lat. praeco, caduceator, fetialis)

herald the dawn, she bears in Homer the epithet " rosy-fingered." The conception of a dawn-goddess is See also:

• COMMON

common in See also:

• PRIMITIVE

primitive religions, especially in the Vedic See also:

• MYTHOLOGY

mythology, where the deity See also:

• USAS (from the root vas, to shine, and cognate to Latin Aurora and Greek 'Hws,)

Usas is closely parallel to the See also:

• GRECO, EL

Greco-Roman; see See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

Paul Regnaud, Le Rig-Veda in Annales du musee See also:

• GUIMET, JEAN BAPTISTE

Guimet, vol. i. c . 6 (See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, 1892) . She is also represented as the See also:

• LOVER, SAMUEL (1797-1868)

lover of the See also:

• HUNTER, JOHN (1728-1793)
• HUNTER, ROBERT MERCER TALIAFERRO (r8o9-1887)
• HUNTER, SIR WILLIAM WILSON (1840-19oo)
• HUNTER, WILLIAM (1718–1783)
• HUNTER, WILLIAM ALEXANDER (1844-1898)

hunter See also:

• ORION
• ORION (or OARION)

Orion (Odyssey, v . 121), the representative of the See also:

• CONSTELLATION (from the Lat. constellatus, studded with stars; co'n, with, and Stella, a star)

constellation that disappears at the flush of dawn, and the youthful hunter Cephalus, by whom she was the mother of Phaethon (See also:

• APOLLODORUS

Apollodorus iii . 14 .

3) . In See also:

• WORKS

works of See also:

• ART

art, Eos is represented as a See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young woman, fully clothed, walking fast with a youth in her arms; or rising from the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea in a chariot drawn by winged horses; sometimes, as the goddess who dispenses the dews of the morning, she has a See also:

• PITCHER

pitcher in each See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand . In the See also:

• FRESCO (Ital. for cool, " fresh ")

fresco-See also:

• PAINTING

painting by Guido Reni in the Rospigliosi See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace at See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, See also:

• AURORA
• AURORA (perhaps through a form ausosa from Sansk. ush, to burn ; the common idea of " brightness " suggests a connexion with aurum, gold)

Aurora is represented strewing See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers before the chariot of the sun . Metaphorically the word Aurora was used (e.g . Virg . Aen. viii . 686, vii . 6o6) for the East generally .