Editing Eos (section)

== Description ==
[[File:Eosprint.jpg|thumb|left|''Eos'', Sig. Guglielmi's drawing of a statue of Aurora by [[John Gibson (sculptor)|John Gibson]] (1790–1866).]]

Eos is usually described with rosy fingers or rosy forearms as she opened the gates of heaven for the [[Helios|Sun]] to rise:<ref>[[Nonnus]]: ''"Eos had just shaken off the wing of carefree sleep (Hypnos) and opened the gates of sunrise, leaving the lightbringing couch of [[Cephalus|Kephalos]]."'' (''[[Dionysiaca]]'' 27. 1f, in  A.L. Rouse's translation).</ref> the singer in the ''[[Homeric Hymn]] to Helios'' calls her {{lang|grc|ῥοδόπηχυν}} ({{small|[[Accusative|ACC]]}}), "rosy-armed", as does [[Sappho]],<ref>''[[Homeric Hymn]] 31 to the Sun'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0138%3Ahymn%3D31 5-6]; Sappho P.Köln Inv. Nr. 21351.17. Sappho uses the [[Aeolic]] form {{lang|grc|βροδόπαχυς}}, ''brodópakhus''.</ref> who also describes her as having golden arms<ref>[[Sappho]], fragment [https://www.loebclassics.com/view/sappho-fragments/1982/pb_LCL142.63.xml?result=1&rskey=kNHZR2 6] (trans. David A. Campbell, Vol. Greek Lyric I) [=Oxy. 2289 fr. 1 (a) + (b)].</ref> and golden sandals;<ref>[[Sappho]] fragment [https://www.loebclassics.com/view/sappho-fragments/1982/pb_LCL142.129.xml?result=1&rskey=kNHZR2 103] [= P. Oxy. 2294].</ref> vases depict her rosy-fingered, with golden arms.

She is pictured on Attic vases as a beautiful woman, crowned with a tiara or diadem and with the large white-feathered wings of a bird. In [[Homer]],<ref>[[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' viii.1 & xxiv.695</ref> her [[saffron (color)|saffron-colored]] robe is embroidered or woven with flowers.<ref>[[Homer]], ''[[Odyssey]]'' vi:48 etc</ref> [[Mesomedes]] of Crete used {{lang|grc|χιονοβλέφαρος}} for her, "she who has snow-white eyelids",<ref name=":mes">[[Mesomedes]], ''Hymn to the Sun'' [https://books.google.com/books?id=ULNSDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA122 1]</ref> while [[Ovid]] described her as "golden".<ref>[[Ovid]]; ''[[Metamorphoses]]'' 7.700 ff, ''[[Fasti (poem)|Fasti]]'' 4.713 ff</ref> The delicate and fragile beauty of her appearance seems to be in total contrast with the carnal nature that was often attributed to her in myth and literature.<ref>Bell, s.v. [https://archive.org/details/womenofclassical00bell/page/180/mode/2up?view=theater Eos]</ref>