Editing Eos (section)

=== Connection to Aphrodite ===
Eos also shares some characteristics with the [[List of love and lust deities|love goddess]] [[Aphrodite]] connoting perhaps a semi-shared origin or influence of Eos/''*H<sub>a</sub>éusōs'' on Aphrodite, who otherwise has a Near Eastern origin;<ref>Dumézil, 1934.</ref> both goddesses were known for their erotic beauty and aggressive sexuality, both had relationships with mortal lovers, and both were associated with the colors red, white, and gold.<ref>Cyrino, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=dhv2AV3eTsUC&pg=PA24 24]</ref> Michael Janda etymologizes Aphrodite's name as an epithet of Eos meaning "she who rises from the foam [of the ocean]"{{sfn|Janda|2010|page=65}} and points to [[Hesiod]]'s ''[[Theogony]]'' account of Aphrodite's birth as an archaic reflex of Indo-European myth.{{sfn|Janda|2010|page=65}} On the other hand, however, it is generally accepted that Aphrodite's name etymology is [[Semitic languages|Semitic]] in origin, and its exact meaning and derivation cannot be determined.{{sfn|West|2000|pages = 134–38}} Evidence is also provided by an [[Italy|Italic]] [[Red-figure pottery|red-figure]] [[krater]] in which Aphrodite is shown holding a mirror beneath a solar disc while the [[Thebes, Greece|Theban]] hero [[Cadmus]] slays the dragon, with a female figure nearly identical to Aphrodite being depicted on another krater labelled "{{lang|grc|ΑΩΣ}}", or ''Aṓs'', the dawn; this shows that although Aphrodite is assimilated to [[Astarte]]/[[Inanna]], in Greek artistic tradition she is sometimes presented in a similar matter to Eos.{{sfn|Dickmann-Boedeker|1974|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=irYfAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA15 15]}}

Aphrodite, like Eos, is predator and not prey, as no tales of men assaulting Aphrodite exist, but there are many where she abducts mortal men reversing the traditional theme of gods and men pursuing maidens, in the same fashion as Eos.<ref>Ferrari, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=oXbG_4TRs8QC&pg=PA54 54]</ref> Not only does Aphrodite abduct or seduce mortal men as Eos does, but even cites Eos' own adventures with Tithonus when she seduces [[Anchises]].{{sfn|Kölligan|2007|page=107}}<ref>Nagy, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=OlluDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA248 248]</ref> The two goddesses are presented as both maleficent and beneficent abductors, as they confer both death (maleficent) and preservation (beneficent) to their mortal lovers.<ref>Greene and Paxton, pp [https://books.google.com/books?id=y1_pWrIey_AC&pg=PA47 47]-[https://books.google.com/books?id=y1_pWrIey_AC&pg=PA52 52]</ref> The two goddesses exist almost side by side in the myth of [[Phaethon of Syria]], with Eos as his mother and Aphrodite as his lover and abductor.{{sfn|Kölligan|2007|pages=107-108}} Moreover, another telling point is how the name “Aoos” is recorded as both a name for [[Adonis]], Aphrodite's East-originating lover, and a son of Eos by Cephalus (like Phaethon) who became king of [[Cyprus]], an island that was regarded as Aphrodite's birthplace. This suggest a mixture of Mycenaean and Phoenician religions on the island; it is possible that Aoos was originally a generic name used for Eos’ son or lover, which was then attached to Aphrodite in the form of a consort of the same name as she developed from Eos.{{sfn|Dickmann-Boedeker|1974|pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=irYfAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA66 66-67]}}