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Eos

(Encyclopedia)Eos ēˈŏs [key], in Greek religion and mythology, goddess of dawn; daughter of the Titans Hyperion and Theia. Every morning she arose early and preceded her brother Helios into the heavens. Her husb...

Tithonus

(Encyclopedia)Tithonus tĭthōˈnəs [key], in Greek mythology, prince of Troy; son of Laomedon. He was loved by the dawn goddess, Eos, who bore him Memnon. When Eos begged Zeus to bestow immortality upon Tithonus,...

Notus

(Encyclopedia)Notus: see Eos.

Zephyr

(Encyclopedia)Zephyr or Zephyrus: see Eos. ...

Astraeus

(Encyclopedia)Astraeus ăstrēˈəs [key]: see Eos. ...

Boreas

(Encyclopedia)Boreas bōrˈēəs [key]: see Eos. ...

Memnon

(Encyclopedia)Memnon mĕmˈnŏn [key], in Greek mythology, king of Ethiopia, son of Tithonus and Eos. In the Trojan War he fought against the Greeks, and after he had killed Antilochus, he himself was killed by Ach...

Hyperion, in Greek religion and mythology

(Encyclopedia)Hyperion, in Greek religion and mythology, a Titan. He was the husband of his sister Theia and the father by her of Helios, Selene, and Eos. It is sometimes said that he was the original sun god. ...

Cephalus

(Encyclopedia)Cephalus sĕˈfäləs [key], in Greek mythology, husband of Procris. The two swore eternal fidelity, but Eos, who had fallen in love with Cephalus, persuaded him to test his wife. Cephalus disguised h...

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