Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. V, 1950 Non-Christian religions Particular topics

Eos

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EOS. - For the Greeks she was the personification of dawn. She dwelt in the Ocean or in the unknown and distant East. She is represented as she rises from the Ocean or in the act of abducting her lovers or as she carries the body of her son Memnon, slain by Achilles.

Luisa Banti

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By Luisa Banti

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V (1950), col. 403.

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Banti, Luisa. “Eos.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, col. 403. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/eos.

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Banti, Luisa. “Eos.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 403. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/eos.

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@incollection{ec5_eos,
  author    = {Banti, Luisa},
  title     = {Eos},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {V},
  pages     = {403},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1950},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/eos}
}

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