Eos (Dawn) Greek The goddess of dawn.
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Eos (Dawn) Greek The goddess of dawn. She was the daughter of Helios (Sun), or, some accounts say, the sister of Helios and Selene (Moon), begotten by the Titans, Hyperion and Theia. The Romans called her Aurora. Eos was married to Tithonus, but she had many other lovers. Eos is depicted as a beautiful young woman, sometimes riding the dawn skies on the winged horse, Pegasus, sometimes in a chariot drawn by two horses. 50 Electra (1) With the Titan Astraeus as their father, Eos was mother to the winds Zephyrus and Boreas and various astral bodies. Memnon was one of her sons with Tithonus. Cephalus was one of her partners in a tragic love affair.
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- Theia (Radiant) Greek A first-generation Titan goddess of sight and the shining light of the blue sky; daughter of Gaia and Uranus; mother, with Hyperion, of the gods who brought light to humans: Helios (Sun), Selene (Moon), and Eos (Dawn).
- Hyperion (The One Above) Greek One of the Titans; son of Uranus and Gaia; father with Theia of Helios, Selene, and Eos (the Sun, the Moon, and Dawn).
- Midas Greek A mythical king of Phrygia, an ancient region of central Asia Minor; son of the goddess Cybele and Gordius, from whom he inherited the throne.
- Nemesis Greek Goddess of vengeance; personification of the wrath of the gods toward those who had hubris, a Greek word meaning exaggerated pride in one's achievements or good fortune.
- Nike (Nice; Victory) Greek The spirit of victory; a demigod or lesser goddess; daughter of the Titan Pallas and the water Nymph Styx; sister of Bia (Force), Cratus (Strength), and Zelus (Zeal).