Editing Eos (section)

== Family ==
=== Parents ===
[[File:Wiesbaden Kurhaus Thiersch-Saal Helios Eos.JPG|thumb|upright=1.2|Eos in front of the chariot of the Sun, [[Kurhaus, Wiesbaden|Wiesbaden Kurhaus]].]]

According to Greek cosmogony, Eos is the daughter of the Titans [[Hyperion (Titan)|Hyperion]] and [[Theia]]: Hyperion, a bringer of light, the ''One Above, Who Travels High Above the Earth'' and Theia, ''The Divine,''<ref name=":pseuap">[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Pseudo-Apollodorus]], ''Bibliotheca'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.2.2&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=1:chapter=2&highlight=Dawn 1.2.2]</ref> also called Euryphaessa, "wide-shining"<ref name=":hh31">''[[Homeric Hymns|Homeric Hymn]]'' 31 ''to [[Helios]]'', [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text.jsp?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0138:hymn=31 4&ndash;7].</ref> and [[Aethra (mythology)|Aethra]], "bright sky".<ref name=":0">[[Fabulae|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#0.2 Preface]</ref> Eos is the sister of Helios, the god of the sun, and [[Selene]], the [[Lunar deity|goddess of the moon]], ''"who shine upon all that are on earth and upon the deathless gods who live in the wide heaven"''.<ref name=":hesd">[[Hesiod]], ''[[Theogony]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hes.+Th.+371&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0130:chapter=371&highlight=Eos 371&ndash;374]</ref> Out of the four authors that give her and her siblings a birth order, two make her the oldest child, the other two the youngest.{{efn|[[Hesiod]] and [[Fabulae|Hyginus]] both give their birth order as first [[Helios]]/[[Sol (Roman mythology)|Sol]], then [[Selene]]/[[Luna (mythology)|Luna]] and lastly Eos/[[Aurora (mythology)|Aurora]].<ref name=":hesd" /><ref name=":0" /> [[Pseudo-Apollodorus]] makes her the oldest child (with Selene as the youngest)<ref name=":pseuap" /> as does the author of Helios' ''[[Homeric Hymn]]'' (with Helios as the youngest).<ref name=":hh31" />}} In some accounts, Eos's father was called [[Pallas (Titan)|Pallas]],<ref>[[Ovid]], ''[[Fasti (poem)|Fasti]]'' 4.373 ff.</ref><ref>[[Gaius Valerius Flaccus|Valerius Flaccus]], ''Argonautica'' 2.72 ff.</ref> who is also confirmed to be the father of Eos's sister Selene in some rare traditions.<ref>''[[Homeric Hymn]] 4 to Hermes'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0138%3Ahymn%3D4%3Acard%3D94 99–100]</ref> Even though the two goddesses are still connected as sisters in the traditions going with lineage from Pallas, their brother Helios is never included with them in those versions, being consistently the son of Hyperion. [[Mesomedes]] made her the daughter of Helios, who is usually her brother, by an unnamed mother.<ref name=":mes"/> Some authors made her the child of [[Nyx]], the personification of the night,<ref>[[Quintus of Smyrna]], ''Posthomerica'' [https://archive.org/details/falloftroy00quin/page/112/mode/2up?view=theater 2.625–26]; cf. [[Aeschylus]], ''[[Oresteia#Agamemnon|Agamemnon]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0004%3Acard%3D258 265]</ref> who is the mother of Hemera in the ''Theogony''.

=== Offspring ===
Eos married the Titan [[Astraeus]] ("of the stars") and became the mother of the [[Anemoi]] ("winds") namely [[Zephyrus]], [[Boreas (god)|Boreas]], [[Notus]] and [[Eurus]];<ref>[[Fabulae|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#0.2 Preface]; [[Nonnus]], ''[[Dionysiaca]]'' 6.18; 37.70, 47.340</ref> of the Morning Star, [[Phosphorus (morning star)|Eosphoros]] ([[Venus]]);<ref>Cicero wrote: ''Stella Veneris, quae Φωσφόρος Graece, Latine dicitur Lucifer, cum antegreditur solem, cum subsequitur autem Hesperos''; The star of Venus, called Φωσφόρος in [[Greek language|Greek]] and Lucifer in Latin when it precedes, Hesperos when it follows the sun &ndash; [http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/cicero/nd2.shtml#53 De Natura Deorum 2, 20, 53].<br/>[[Pliny the Elder]]: ''Sidus appellatum Veneris … ante matutinum exoriens Luciferi nomen accipit … contra ab occasu refulgens nuncupatur Vesper'' (The star called Venus … when it rises in the morning is given the name Lucifer … but when it shines at sunset it is called Vesper) [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0004&query=id%3D%23927 Natural History 2, 36]</ref> of the stars;<ref>[[Hesiod]], ''[[Theogony]]'' [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-eng1:371-403 378&ndash;82]; Pseudo-Apollodorus, ''[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Bibliotheca]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.2.4&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=1:chapter=2&highlight=Dawn 1.2.4]</ref> and of the virgin goddess of justice, [[Astraea]] ("starry one").<ref>[[Aratus]], ''Phaenomena'' 97–128; [[De astronomia|Hyginus]], ''Astronomica'' [https://topostext.org/work/207#2.25.1 2.25.1]</ref> Her other notable offspring were [[Memnon (mythology)|Memnon]]<ref>[[Quintus Smyrnaeus]], ''Posthomerica'' 2.549; [[Pindar]], ''Nemean Odes'' [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0162%3Abook%3DN.%3Apoem%3D6 6.54]; [[Diodorus Siculus]], ''[[Bibliotheca historica|Historic Library]]'' [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/4D*.html#p55 4.75.4]; [[Callistratus (sophist)|Callistratus]], ''Statuaram Descriptiones'' 9; [[Ovid]], ''Fasti'' [https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Latin/OvidFastiBkFour.php#anchor_Toc69367859 4.713]</ref> and [[Emathion]]<ref name=":1">[[Hesiod]], ''[[Theogony]]'' [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text.jsp?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0130%3Acard%3D963 985]; [[Pseudo-Apollodorus]], ''Bibliotheca'' [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.12.4&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022 3.12.4]</ref> by the [[Troy|Trojan]] prince, Tithonus. Sometimes, [[Hesperus]],<ref>Hyginus, ''Astronomica'' [https://topostext.org/work/207#2.42.4 2.42.4]</ref> [[Phaethon of Syria|Phaethon]]<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+1.3.1&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160 1.3.1]; [[Hesiod]], ''[[Theogony]]'' [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0130%3Acard%3D963 986]</ref> and Tithonus (different from her lover),<ref>Pseudo-Apollodorus, ''[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Bibliotheca]]'' [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022%3Atext%3DLibrary%3Abook%3D3%3Achapter%3D14%3Asection%3D3 3.14.3]</ref> were said to be the children of Eos by [[Cephalus (son of Hermes)|Prince Cephalus of Athens]].