Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—A

Aurora

Early morning. According to Grecian mythology, the goddess Aurora, called by Homer “rosy-fingered,” sets out before the sun, and is the pioneer of his rising.

You cannot shut the windows of the sky,
Through which Aurora shows her brightening face.

Thomson: Castle of Indolence
, canto ii. 3.
Aurora's tears.
The morning dew.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Aurora Australis
Auri
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