Eos
Greek · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
Greek Titan-goddess of dawn; daughter of Hyperion and Theia. The "rosy-fingered" Homeric epithet. Mother of Memnon by Tithonus.
Parentage
- father: HyperionHesiod, Theogony 371–374 (primary)
- mother: TheiaHesiod, Theogony 371–374 (primary)
Children
Domains
- dawn
Powers
- Snatch up mortal lovers
- Open heaven's gates and bring daylight
Epithets
- ῥοδοδάκτυλος Rosy-fingered; the famous recurrent Homeric formula for DawnHom. Il. 1.477; Od. 2.1 (ῥοδοδάκτυλος Ἠώς) (primary)
- κροκόπεπλος Saffron-robed; the Homeric epithet of dawn's golden veilHom. Il. 8.1; 19.1 (κροκόπεπλος... Ἠώς) (primary)
- ἠριγένεια Early-born / child of morning; the Dawn as bringer of the dayHom. Od. 2.1; Hes. Theog. 381 (primary)
- Ἠριγένεια early-born, child of the morningHomer, Odyssey 2.1; Hesiod, Theogony 381 (primary)
Relations
- sibling: Helios (Titan sun-god, son of Hyperion and Theia; not registered under strict rule that disallows Titan-class parents in registered lineages) · GreekHes. Theog. 371-374 (primary)
- lover: TithonusCarried off Tithonus, brother of Priam; petitioned Zeus for his immortality but forgot to ask for eternal youth.Hom. Il. 11.1; Hymn. Hom. Aphr. 218-238 (primary)
- mother of: MemnonHes. Theog. 984; Aethiopis fr. (primary)
- father: HyperionHesiod, Theogony 371–374 (primary)
- mother: TheiaHesiod, Theogony 371–374 (primary)
- counterpart of: EosTradition-specific counterpart; this link does not transfer parentage.Orphic Hymns 77 (Taylor; modern 78) (primary)
- counterpart of: AuroraTradition-specific counterpart; this link does not transfer parentage.Hyginus, Fabulae, Preface (primary)