Eos
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In ancient Greek mythology and religion, Eos is the goddess and personification of the dawn, who rose each morning from her home at the edge of the river Oceanus to deliver light and disperse the nigh
Eos in her four-horse-drawn chariot, terracotta red-figure lekanis vase, late 4th century BC, Canosa, Metropolitan Museum of Art
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, Sig. Guglielmi's drawing of a statue of Aurora by John Gibson (1790–1866).
Aurora (mythology)
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In Roman mythology, Aurora is the goddess and personification of the dawn. Aurora is the Latin word for dawn, and she appeared frequently in Latin literature.
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…by Astraeus, of the Anemoi, the winds, as well as of several astral figures connected with the morning and evening sky. Like her Roman counterpart Aurora and the Rigvedic Ushas, she continues the name and character of an earlier Indo-European dawn goddess, Hausos. A major group of myths concerns Eos's…
L'Aurore by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1881)
Aurora and Cephalus, 1733, by François Boucher
Aurora Taking Leave of Tithonus 1704, by Francesco Solimena
Apollo and Aurora, 1671 by Gerard de Lairesse