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Eos

Greek goddess of the dawn
Person goddess Q178417
Eos

Facts

20 properties
Instance of
goddess, titan, personification, Greek deity, solar deity[22][23][24][25]
Sex or gender
female[21]
Father
Hyperion[2]
Mother
Theia[3]
Spouse
Astraeus, Cephalus, Tithonus[4][5][6]
Child
Boreas, Zephyrus, Notus, Hesperus, Phaethon, Phosphorus, Apeliotes, Euros, Caecias, Lips, Sciron, Astraea, Pyroeis, Phaenon, Stilbon, Aoos, Emathion, Memnon, Argestes[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]
Sibling
Helios, Selene[53][54]
Described by source
Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Pauly–Wissowa, Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary, Riegerův slovník naučný[38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45]
Different from
Ea[50]
Domain of saint or deity
dawn, red sky at morning[51][52]
Iconographic symbol
saffron, chariot, cloak, rose, tiara, Anacridium melanorhodon, Cicada, Gryllidae[55][56][57]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mythology/Greek mythology, WikiProject Mythology, WikiProject Classical Greece and Rome, WikiProject Greece, WikiProject Women in Religion
Name in native language
Ἠώς[49]
Nickname
Ῥοδοδάκτυλος[48]
P14750
46E1-67E3-1DCB-5419-7B8C
Present in work
Iliad, Odyssey[46][47]
Residence
sky, Aeaea, Kerne[34][35][36]
Said to be the same as
Ushas, Aurora, Ēostre, Zorya[30][31][32][33]
Unmarried partner
Zeus, Cephalus, Cleitus, Orion[26][27][28][29]
Worshipped by
Ancient Greek religion[37]
🏷️ Also known as
en Eos en Erigeneia en Rhododactylos ar إييوس cs Eós cs Éós el Ἠὼς Ῥοδοδάκτυλος el Aurora el Ηώ el Ηώς es Erigenía fa ائوس (اسطوره) fr Éos fr Eos he אאוס hu Éósz ja エーオース ja エオス ko 에오스 pl Eos różanopalca
🔖 Identifiers · 37
VIAF cluster ID
59890024, 316450003
Library of Congress authority ID
no2017053074
GND ID
119240408
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
16558531g
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp00550910
Comic Vine ID
4005-68845
DDB person (GND) ID
119240408
Digital LIMC ID
szEUfSIFR4ij7z9gf4Hq2wO
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/Eos-Greek-and-Roman-mythology
Freebase ID
/m/02vd6
Getty Iconography Authority ID
901001838
Goodreads character ID
998286
Show all 37 identifiers +25
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
eos
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0024222
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
4936490
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
eos-6a3517
Hederich encyclopedia article
Eos
IdRef ID
236894072
Interlingual Index ID
i86964
KBpedia ID
Eos-TheTitaness
Krugosvet article (archived)
kultura_i_obrazovanie/religiya/EOS.html
MANTO ID
8188245
Museum-digital ID
8498
Mythoskop ID
w43
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007402302205171
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3898195
Oxford Classical Dictionary ID
2415
PACTOLS thesaurus ID
pcrtjiVBoxvjjB
Rodovid ID
403723
Theoi Project ID
Titan/Eos
Topic's main category
Category:Eos
ToposText person ID
683
Treccani ID
eos
Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID
eos
Trismegistos god ID
1285
Wellcome Collection concept ID
g6qmd6p2
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
09594568-n

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🔗 Connections
Children (maternal) 14
Boreas, Zephyrus, Memnon, Astraea, Hesperus, Euros, Notus, Phosphorus +6 more
Child 13
Boreas, Zephyrus, Memnon, Astraea, Hesperus, Euros, Notus, Phosphorus +5 more
Iconographic symbol 7
Gryllidae, chariot, cloak, tiara, saffron, Cicada, Anacridium melanorhodon
← Said to be the same as 6
Aurora, Ushas, Ēostre, Zorya, Mater Matuta, Thesan
Named after 5
221 Eos, Eomecon, Mount Eos, Eos Glacier, Eosanthe
Instance of 4
titan, goddess, personification, solar deity
Described by source 3
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Pauly–Wissowa, The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Said to be the same as 3
Aurora, Ushas, Ēostre
Spouse 3
Astraeus, Tithonus, Cephalus
Unmarried partner 3
Zeus, Orion, Cephalus
← Unmarried partner 3
Zeus, Orion, Cephalus
Parent of 2
Theia, Hyperion
Sibling 2
Selene, Helios
Siblings 2
Selene, Helios
Spouses 2
Astraeus, Tithonus
Domain of saint or deity 1
dawn
Father 1
Hyperion
Mother 1
Theia
Present in work 1
Iliad
Residence 1
sky
Sex or gender 1
female
Worshipped by 1
Ancient Greek religion
← Derivative work 1
Hausos
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Summary

Eos is a goddess[1].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for Eos include 221 she[58], an asteroid[59]; Eomecon[60], a taxon[61]; Eosanthe[62], a taxon[63]; Eos Glacier[64], a glacier[65]; and Mount Eos[66], a mountain[67].

Why It Matters

Entities named for her include 221 she[58], an asteroid[59]; Eomecon[60], a taxon[61]; Eosanthe[62], a taxon[63]; Eos Glacier[64], a glacier[65]; and Mount Eos[66], a mountain[67].

FAQs

Who were Eos's parents?

Eos's father was Hyperion[2]. Eos's mother was Theia[3].

Who was Eos married to?

Eos's spouses include Astraeus[4], Cephalus[5], and Tithonus[6].

Related Entities

Iliad

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . Ἠώς. wikidata.org.
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  26. [27] ↑ . Deipnosophistae. wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . Deipnosophistae. wikidata.org.
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  34. [35] ↑ . Odyssey. wikidata.org.
  35. [36] ↑ . Alexandra. wikidata.org.
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  52. [53] ↑ . Ἠώς. wikidata.org.
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Inline context (facts about related entities)

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  5. [67] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8d ago · Thenetrunner · 2026-10-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maintained by WikiProject → WikiProject Mythology/Greek mythology, WikiProject Mythology, WikiProject Classical Greece and Rome +2
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetreference-add:2| */ Instance of: Greek deity, Add reference to Leeming, The Oxford Companion to World Mythology (2005); A–Z Entries, s.v. Eos."
  2. 20d ago · Treisijs · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 73
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'als', 'ar', 'as', 'ast', 'az', 'azb', 'ba', 'be', 'bg', 'bn', 'br', 'bs'
    Maintained by WikiProject → WikiProject Mythology/Greek mythology, WikiProject Mythology, WikiProject Classical Greece and Rome +2
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mythology/Greek mythology"
  3. 8w ago · Elyaqim · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Ea
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Different from: Ea"
  4. 11w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 46E1-67E3-1DCB-5419-7B8C
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14750: 46E1-67E3-1DCB-5419-7B8C, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/265669|batch #265669]]"
  5. 18w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Residence → sky, Aeaea, Kerne
    Present in work → Iliad, Odyssey
    Oxford Classical Dictionary ID → 2415
    Said to be the same as → Ushas, Aurora, Ēostre +1
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Oxford Classical Dictionary ID: 2415, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/107284654|Eos (#107284654)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/4102|Oxford Classical Di"
  6. 19w ago · ~2026-35620-38 · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    Residence → sky, Aeaea, Kerne
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Residence: Aeaea"
  7. 26w ago · ~2026-26711-49 · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Said to be the same as → Ushas, Aurora, Ēostre +1
    Unmarried partner → Zeus, Cephalus, Cleitus +1
    Mother → Theia
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|2 */ Instance of: Greek deity"
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