EOS. — For the Greeks, she was the personification of dawn. She dwelt in Oceanus or in the unknown and distant East. She is depicted as rising from Oceanus, carrying off her lovers, or transporting the body of her son Memmone, slain by Achille.
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“EOS.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V (1950), p. 262. Azione Romana digital edition, https://azioneromana.com/article/eos.