Eosphorus
.jpg)
Eosphoros , Heosphoros ( ancient Greek Ἑωσφόρος "Bringer of the Dawn") or Phosphoros ( Φωσφόρος "Light Bringer ") is the personification of the morning star in Greek mythology . He is the son of Erigeneia, that is, the Dawn Eos , and Astraios . As such, his brothers are the Winds Boreas , Euros , Zephyros and Notos . He appears several times in the Dionysiacs of the Nonnos of Panopolis and reports the arrival of Demeter to his father , to whom he winds wreaths. When it comes to the "wedding" of Helios with Clymene , he plays kithara , for the fateful journey of the Phaethon he prepares the horse and carriage of Helios.
Eosphoros is closely related to Hesperos , the evening star. After the identity of both stars, evening and morning star, was known and the name Phosphoros of the morning star was also used for the evening star, genealogical confusion arose. For example, Eosphorus begat the Keyx and the Daidalion with Philonis . For Keyx, however, Hyginus Mythographus names Hesperos as his father, who is also called Lucifer - the Roman equivalent of Eosphorus. Like Hesperus, Eosphorus was depicted as a naked winged youth with a torch in his hand.
literature
- Hermann Steuding : Heosphoros . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,2, Leipzig 1890, Sp. 2036 ( digitized version ).