
- Eos
Winged goddess of the dawn, Eos is the daughter of Theia and Hyperion,
sister of Selene, the Moon, and Helios, the Sun. She opens the door of the
day and soon after disappears leaving her brother, Helios, driving his
chariot at daytime across the sky. Eos has married Perses (son of a Titan)
with whom she had three children: the Winds, the Stars and Lucifer (the
planet Venus when it rises as the morning star.) Her second husband was
Cephale who became older and older without dying because Eos forgot to ask
Zeus to give him an eternal youth. Eos is often represented with her two
horses, Lampos and Phaeton, on her chariot. Venus, goddess of love, was
jealous of Eos because of her beauty
© Elsa Dax - Les Chemins de l'Image - 1999