Ēōs

analysis of the astral scheme of Orion and Arktos, the roles of Eos and Artemis in abducting and killing Orion, and the significance of the constellations to Odysseus (and Kalypso) ... Continue reading

... after having submerged into it at every sunset. See the comments on I.07.421–423 and I.08.485–486.The goddess of dawn, Ēōs, is pictured here as emerging from the streams of th ... Continue reading

This epithet of Ēōs, goddess of the dawn, is built from the same element ēri- that we find in the name of the cosmic earth-encircling river Ēri-danos as described ... Continue reading

The myth about the liaison between the mortal man Orion and the immortal goddess Ēōs is retold by Calypso herself as an example of the double standard shown by the divine powers in not tolerating a relationship where the immort ... Continue reading

... t O.05.273–275 is pictured also at I.18.487–489. The stars in this configuration are re-enacting the myth of Orion: how Ēōs the goddess of dawn made Orion her lover and how Art ... Continue reading

The goddess of the dawn, Ēōs, has a fixed epithet ēri-géneia, meaning ‘early-generated’ or ‘early-generating’, as at O.02.001. This epithet, which is exclusively hers, has ... Continue reading