- Information
- personification of the day
- Sometimes conflated with
👤 Eos personification of the dawn
PausaniasGeographyPausaniasGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Homer, IliadEpicHomerGeometric (ca. 900-700 BCE)D-Scholia, IliadMythography & HistoriographyD-ScholiaLate Imperial (ca. 235-330 CE)
- Daughter of
👤 Nyx personification of night
Hesiod, TheogonyEpicHesiodGreekGeometric (ca. 900-700 BCE)HesiodBacchylides, OdesBacchylidesLate Archaic (ca. 560-479 BCE)Early Classical (ca. 480-450 BCE)👤 Erebos (personification) personification of darkness, personification of region in the Underworld
Hesiod, TheogonyEpicHesiodGreekGeometric (ca. 900-700 BCE)Hesiod👤 Chronos (personification) personification of time
Bacchylides, OdesBacchylidesGreekLate Archaic (ca. 560-479 BCE)Early Classical (ca. 480-450 BCE)
- Mother of
👤 Phaethon (s. of Tithonos/Cephalos) son of Tithonos or Cephalos
Hesiod, TheogonyEpicHesiodGreekGeometric (ca. 900-700 BCE)HesiodPausaniasGeographyPausaniasMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)👤 Memnon son of Eos and Tithonos, leader of the Ethiopian contingent at Troy
HellanicosMythography & HistoriographyHellanicosGreekMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)D-Scholia, IliadD-ScholiaMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Late Imperial (ca. 235-330 CE)PausaniasGeographyPausaniasHomer, IliadEpicHomerGeometric (ca. 900-700 BCE)
- Has children with
👤 Cephalos (h. of Procris) Phocian or Athenian husband of Procris, abducted by Eos
Hesiod, TheogonyEpicHesiodGreekGeometric (ca. 900-700 BCE)HesiodPausaniasGeographyPausaniasMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)👤 Tithonos (s. of Laomedon) son of Laomedon, abducted by Eos
HellanicosMythography & HistoriographyHellanicosGreekMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)D-Scholia, IliadD-ScholiaMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Late Imperial (ca. 235-330 CE)Homer, IliadEpicHomerGeometric (ca. 900-700 BCE)
- Related Entities
- 👤 Achilles 👤 Atlas 👤 Cephalos (h. of Procris) 👤 Eos 👤 Zeus (Olympian) 👤 Phaethon (s. of Tithonos/Cephalos) 👤 Memnon 🌍 Tartaros 👤 Tithonos (s. of Laomedon) 🌍 Troy (Troad) 👤 Erebos (personification) 👤 Nyx 👤 Aither 👤 Thanatos 👤 Hypnos 👤 Chronos (personification)
- Mentioned by
- 📖 Pausanias 1.3.1 📖 Pausanias 3.18.12 📖 Pausanias 5.22.2 📖 Hesiod, Theogony 123-125 📖 Hesiod, Theogony 736-766 📖 Bacchylides, Odes 7 📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 3.151 📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 11.1
- Mentioned in Text
- Hesiod, Theogony Pausanias Bacchylides, Odes D-Scholia, Iliad
- Mentioned in citation of
- 📖 Homer, Iliad 11.1-11.4 📖 Hesiod, Theogony 984-991 📖 Hellanicos fr. 140 Fowler
- Reported depictions
- 🎨 Terracotta Statue of Hemera with Cephalos in the Stoa Basileus (Not Extant) 🎨 Throne of Apollo at Amyclai (LIMC Acheloos 219) 🎨 Reliefs on Semicircular Pedestal in the Sanctuary of Zeus, Olympia (Not Extant)