Eos
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Eos is Dawn, and she is perpetually in
love.
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Shiny offspring
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The offspring of the
TITANS Hyperion 1 and
Thia are those who shine both on earth and heaven,
for one of their children is called
Helius (Sun), another
Selene (Moon), and yet
another Eos (Dawn).
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WINDS and stars
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Eos consorted with Astraeus 1, the son of the
Titan Crius 1 and Eurybia 1, daughter of Pontus
(Sea) and Gaia (Earth).
They gave birth to the
WINDS and to the stars,
among which Eosphorus [see below].
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Eos asks for eternal life for Tithonus 1
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Eos also fell in love with Tithonus 1, and
carried him away, bringing him to Eastern Ethiopia
where he founded Susa. But Tithonus 1, son of King
Laomedon 1 of Troy (son of
Ilus 2, the founder of
Troy, son of Tros 1, after
whom the Trojans are called, son of Erichthonius 1,
son of Dardanus 1, son of
Zeus and the Pleiad Electra
3), was a mortal man, and on account of this
disgrace, Eos asked Zeus
that Tithonus 1 should be deathless and live
eternally.
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Old Age defeats
immortality
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But on asking this favour, she forgot to ask
youth for him. So at first, they lived as
enthusiastic lovers live, but when his hair became
grey, Eos grew tired of sleeping with him, and in
spite of she cherishing him and nourishing him with
ambrosia, Old Age came
upon him, and gradually hardening its grip on him,
made so that he could not move his limbs nor do
anything except babble endlessly. Yet others affirm
that she always loved him, and that she never was
ashamed of sleeping with and old man, and kiss his
hoary hair.
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In love with Cephalus 2
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Eos also carried off Cephalus 2, the son of
Hermes and Herse 2 [see
also Envy] or, as some say,
the son of Hermes and
Creusa 1, daughter of King Erechtheus of
Athens, and took him to
Syria.
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In love with Orion
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Eos is known for having been the lover of
Orion. Because of this
affair, it is said,
Artemis killed
Orion, the reason being
that the gods were jealous because he was the lover
of Eos.
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Always in love
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This rosy-fingered, saffron-robed, and
golden-throned goddess, who goes up to Olympus to
announce the light to the immortals, fell in love
several times, and some say that it was
Aphrodite who caused
her to be perpetually in love, because once had Eos
lain with Aphrodite's
sweetheart Ares.
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Family
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Parentage
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Mates
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Offspring
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Notes
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Hyperion 1 & Thia
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Hyperion 1, one of the
TITANS, is a
bringer of light. Some have said that he
was the first to understand the movement
of the sun, moon and stars. By his sister
and wife Thia ( sometimes called
Euryphaessa) he had also other children:
Helius,
Selene, and
Titan, after whom the place Titane near
Corinth was
named. Some say that Titan was the father
of Asteria 1, whom
Zeus turned into a
quail.
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Tithonus 1
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Emathion 1
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Emathion 1 has been called king of the
Ethiopians. He was killed by
Heracles 1 when the
latter was journeying in Arabia.
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Memnon was king of the
Eastern Ethiopians. He came with a poweful army to
fight against the Achaeans in the
Trojan War.
Memnon is said by some to
have killed at Troy
Antilochus, son of
Nestor. He also slew the
Pylians Pheron and Ereuthus who had followed
Nestor to
Troy.
Memnon was himself killed
by Achilles, but was
made immortal by Zeus at
his mother's request. He is buried in the
neighbourhood of Paltus in Syria.
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Astraeus 1
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Astraea, who sometimes is said to be the
daughter of Zeus and
Themis, is Justice. She lived on earth during the
Golden Age, but
left when the Iron
Age came, being the last of the immortals to do
so. The same is said about
Dike (Justice), except that
she left the earth and went to heaven already when
the Race of
Bronze was born.
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Zephyrus 1
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For Zephyrus 1, Notus, Boreas 1, and Eurus see
WINDS.
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Notus
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Boreas 1
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Eurus
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Eosphorus
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Eosphorus brings the Dawn, and he is both the
morning and the evening star.
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Cephalus 2
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Tithonus 2
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Some say Phaethon 1 is son of Tithonus 2. Others
call him son of Cephalus 2 and Hemera (Day).
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Phaethon 1
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Phaethon 1 was ravished by
Aphrodite, and made a
keeper of her shrine.
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Orion
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The gods were jealous of
Orion because he was Eos'
lover, and for that, it is said,
Artemis killed him.
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For loving this god, Eos was caused by
Aphrodite to be
perpetually in love.
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Abolengo
Album - High Resolution Genealogical Charts
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Names in this chart
Adonis,
Aphrodite,
Ares, Astraea, Astraeus 1,
Astynous 1, Cephalus 2,
Cinyras 1, Emathion 1,
Eos, Eosphorus, Gaia,
Helius,
Hermes, Hyperion 1,
Laomedon 1, Megassares,
Memnon,
Orion, Phaethon 1,
Pharnace, Sandocus,
Selene, Thia, Titan,
Tithonus 1, Tithonus 2,
Uranus,
WINDS.
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