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<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Aurora (mythology)</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7_(%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%B7%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A9)" title="أورورا (أسطورة) – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="أورورا (أسطورة)" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avrora_(mifologiya)" title="Avrora (mifologiya) – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Avrora (mifologiya)" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE_(%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%80)" title="অরোরা (দেবী) – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="অরোরা (দেবী)" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_(s%C3%AEn-%C5%8De)" title="Aurora (sîn-ōe) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Aurora (sîn-ōe)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0" title="Аврора – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Аврора" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora" title="Aurora – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Aurora" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_(mitologija)" title="Aurora (mitologija) – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Aurora (mitologija)" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora" title="Aurora – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Aurora" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_(mitologia)" title="Aurora (mitologia) – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Aurora (mitologia)" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_(mytologie)" title="Aurora (mytologie) – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Aurora (mytologie)" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_(gudinde)" title="Aurora (gudinde) – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Aurora (gudinde)" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_(Mythologie)" title="Aurora (Mythologie) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Aurora (Mythologie)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora" title="Aurora – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Aurora" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%81%CF%8C%CF%81%CE%B1" title="Αουρόρα – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Αουρόρα" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_(mitolog%C3%ADa)" title="Aurora (mitología) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Aurora (mitología)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%C5%ADroro_(mitologio)" title="Aŭroro (mitologio) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Aŭroro (mitologio)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_(mitologia)" title="Aurora (mitologia) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Aurora (mitologia)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7_(%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87%D9%87)" title="آورورا (الهه) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="آورورا (الهه)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurore_(mythologie)" title="Aurore (mythologie) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Aurore (mythologie)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auroara_(mytology)" title="Auroara (mytology) – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Auroara (mytology)" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%84%EC%9A%B0%EB%A1%9C%EB%9D%BC" title="아우로라 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="아우로라" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%BE%D6%80%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%A1_(%D5%A4%D5%AB%D6%81%D5%A1%D5%A2%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6)" title="Ավրորա (դիցաբանություն) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ավրորա (դիցաբանություն)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_(divinit%C3%A0)" title="Aurora (divinità) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Aurora (divinità)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%94_(%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%92%D7%99%D7%94)" title="אורורה (מיתולוגיה) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אורורה (מיתולוגיה)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%95%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90_(%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98%E1%83%97%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9A%E1%83%9D%E1%83%92%E1%83%98%E1%83%90)" title="ავრორა (მითოლოგია) – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ავრორა (მითოლოგია)" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_(mythologia)" title="Aurora (mythologia) – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Aurora (mythologia)" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_(mitologija)" title="Aurora (mitologija) – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Aurora (mitologija)" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lij mw-list-item"><a href="https://lij.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora" title="Aurora – Ligurian" lang="lij" hreflang="lij" data-title="Aurora" data-language-autonym="Ligure" data-language-local-name="Ligurian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ligure</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_(istenn%C5%91)" title="Aurora (istennő) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Aurora (istennő)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0_(%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0)" title="Аврора (митологија) – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Аврора (митологија)" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_(mitos)" title="Aurora (mitos) – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Aurora (mitos)" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_(godin)" title="Aurora (godin) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Aurora (godin)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%82%A6%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9" title="アウローラ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="アウローラ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_(gudinne)" title="Aurora (gudinne) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Aurora (gudinne)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora" title="Aurora – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Aurora" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_(mitologia)" title="Aurora (mitologia) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Aurora (mitologia)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_(mitologia)" title="Aurora (mitologia) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Aurora (mitologia)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_(mitologie)" title="Aurora (mitologie) – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Aurora (mitologie)" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0_(%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%8F)" title="Аврора (богиня) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Аврора (богиня)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link 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style="background-color: #F0ACAC;">Genealogy</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Siblings</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sol_(Roman_mythology)" title="Sol (Roman mythology)">Sol</a> and <a href="/wiki/Luna_(goddess)" title="Luna (goddess)">Luna</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Consort</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Astraeus" title="Astraeus">Astraeus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tithonus" title="Tithonus">Tithonus</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Anemoi" title="Anemoi">Anemoi</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #F0ACAC;">Equivalents</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Greek</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Eos" title="Eos">Eos</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Hindu</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ushas" title="Ushas">Ushas</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Indo-European</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Haus%C5%8Ds" class="mw-redirect" title="Hausōs">Hausōs</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Slavic</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Zorya" title="Zorya">Zorya</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Japanese</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ame-no-Uzume" title="Ame-no-Uzume">Ame-no-Uzume</a><sup id="cite_ref-witzel_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-witzel-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nuristani</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Disani" title="Disani">Disani</a><sup id="cite_ref-witzel_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-witzel-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Aurōra</b> (<style 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Like <a href="/wiki/Greek_mythology" title="Greek mythology">Greek</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Eos" title="Eos">Eos</a></i> and <a href="/wiki/Rigvedic_deities" title="Rigvedic deities">Rigvedic</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Ushas" title="Ushas">Ushas</a></i>, <i>Aurōra</i> continues the name of an earlier <a href="/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_mythology" title="Proto-Indo-European mythology">Indo-European</a> dawn goddess, <i><a href="/wiki/Hausos" class="mw-redirect" title="Hausos">Hausos</a></i>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Name">Name</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aurora_(mythology)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Name"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Aurōra stems from Proto-Italic <i>*ausōs</i>, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European <i>*h<sub>a</sub>éusōs</i>, the "dawn" conceived as divine entity. It has cognates in the goddesses <a href="/wiki/Eos" title="Eos">Ēṓs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ushas" title="Ushas">Uṣas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Au%C5%A1rin%C4%97" title="Aušrinė">Aušrinė</a>, <a href="/wiki/Auseklis" title="Auseklis">Auseklis</a> and <a href="/wiki/%C4%92ostre" title="Ēostre">Ēastre</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Roman_mythology">Roman mythology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aurora_(mythology)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Roman mythology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Roman_mythology" title="Roman mythology">Roman mythology</a>, Aurōra renews herself every morning and flies across the sky, announcing the arrival of the Sun. Her parentage was flexible: for <a href="/wiki/Ovid" title="Ovid">Ovid</a>, she could equally be <i>Pallantis</i>, signifying the daughter of <a href="/wiki/Pallas_(Titan)" title="Pallas (Titan)">Pallas</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or the daughter of <a href="/wiki/Hyperion_(mythology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hyperion (mythology)">Hyperion</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She has two siblings, a brother (<a href="/wiki/Sol_(Roman_mythology)" title="Sol (Roman mythology)">Sol</a>, the Sun) and a sister (<a href="/wiki/Luna_(goddess)" title="Luna (goddess)">Luna</a>, the Moon). Roman writers rarely imitated Hesiod and later Greek poets by naming Aurōra as the mother of the <a href="/wiki/Anemoi" title="Anemoi">Anemoi</a> (the Winds), who were the offspring of <a href="/wiki/Astraeus" title="Astraeus">Astraeus</a>, the father of the stars. </p><p>Aurōra appears most often in sexual poetry with one of her mortal lovers. A myth taken from the Greek by Roman poets tells that one of her lovers was the prince of <a href="/wiki/Troy" title="Troy">Troy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tithonus" title="Tithonus">Tithonus</a>. Tithonus was a mortal, and would therefore age and die. Wanting to be with her lover for all eternity, Aurōra asked <a href="/wiki/Jupiter_(mythology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jupiter (mythology)">Jupiter</a> to grant <a href="/wiki/Immortality" title="Immortality">immortality</a> to Tithonus. Jupiter granted her wish, but she failed to ask for eternal youth to accompany his immortality, and he continued to age, eventually becoming forever old. Aurōra turned him into a <a href="/wiki/Cicada" title="Cicada">cicada</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mention_in_literature_and_music">Mention in literature and music</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aurora_(mythology)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Mention in literature and music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Boucher_-_L%27Aurore_et_C%C3%A9phale,_Nancy,_mus%C3%A9e_des_Beaux-Arts.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Boucher_-_L%27Aurore_et_C%C3%A9phale%2C_Nancy%2C_mus%C3%A9e_des_Beaux-Arts.jpg/220px-Boucher_-_L%27Aurore_et_C%C3%A9phale%2C_Nancy%2C_mus%C3%A9e_des_Beaux-Arts.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="328" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Boucher_-_L%27Aurore_et_C%C3%A9phale%2C_Nancy%2C_mus%C3%A9e_des_Beaux-Arts.jpg/330px-Boucher_-_L%27Aurore_et_C%C3%A9phale%2C_Nancy%2C_mus%C3%A9e_des_Beaux-Arts.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Boucher_-_L%27Aurore_et_C%C3%A9phale%2C_Nancy%2C_mus%C3%A9e_des_Beaux-Arts.jpg/440px-Boucher_-_L%27Aurore_et_C%C3%A9phale%2C_Nancy%2C_mus%C3%A9e_des_Beaux-Arts.jpg 2x" data-file-width="758" data-file-height="1129" /></a><figcaption><i><a href="/wiki/Aurora_and_Cephalus" title="Aurora and Cephalus">Aurōra and Cephalus</a></i>, 1733, by <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Boucher" title="François Boucher">François Boucher</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Francesco_Solimena_-_Aurora_Taking_Leave_of_Tithonus_-_84.PA.65_-_J._Paul_Getty_Museum.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Francesco_Solimena_-_Aurora_Taking_Leave_of_Tithonus_-_84.PA.65_-_J._Paul_Getty_Museum.jpg/220px-Francesco_Solimena_-_Aurora_Taking_Leave_of_Tithonus_-_84.PA.65_-_J._Paul_Getty_Museum.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="296" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Francesco_Solimena_-_Aurora_Taking_Leave_of_Tithonus_-_84.PA.65_-_J._Paul_Getty_Museum.jpg/330px-Francesco_Solimena_-_Aurora_Taking_Leave_of_Tithonus_-_84.PA.65_-_J._Paul_Getty_Museum.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Francesco_Solimena_-_Aurora_Taking_Leave_of_Tithonus_-_84.PA.65_-_J._Paul_Getty_Museum.jpg/440px-Francesco_Solimena_-_Aurora_Taking_Leave_of_Tithonus_-_84.PA.65_-_J._Paul_Getty_Museum.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3200" data-file-height="4306" /></a><figcaption><i>Aurōra Taking Leave of <a href="/wiki/Tithonus" title="Tithonus">Tithonus</a></i><br />1704, by <a href="/wiki/Francesco_Solimena" title="Francesco Solimena">Francesco Solimena</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1671_G%C3%A9rard_de_Lairesse_-_Apollo_and_Aurora.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/1671_G%C3%A9rard_de_Lairesse_-_Apollo_and_Aurora.jpg/220px-1671_G%C3%A9rard_de_Lairesse_-_Apollo_and_Aurora.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="232" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/1671_G%C3%A9rard_de_Lairesse_-_Apollo_and_Aurora.jpg/330px-1671_G%C3%A9rard_de_Lairesse_-_Apollo_and_Aurora.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/1671_G%C3%A9rard_de_Lairesse_-_Apollo_and_Aurora.jpg/440px-1671_G%C3%A9rard_de_Lairesse_-_Apollo_and_Aurora.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5838" data-file-height="6150" /></a><figcaption><i>Apollo and Aurōra</i>, 1671 by <a href="/wiki/Gerard_de_Lairesse" title="Gerard de Lairesse">Gerard de Lairesse</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fran%C3%A7ois_Boucher,_Aurora_Heralding_the_Arrival_of_the_Morning_Sun,_c._1765,_NGA_137045.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Aurora welcomes the sun with a group of heavenly beings" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Fran%C3%A7ois_Boucher%2C_Aurora_Heralding_the_Arrival_of_the_Morning_Sun%2C_c._1765%2C_NGA_137045.jpg/220px-Fran%C3%A7ois_Boucher%2C_Aurora_Heralding_the_Arrival_of_the_Morning_Sun%2C_c._1765%2C_NGA_137045.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="249" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Fran%C3%A7ois_Boucher%2C_Aurora_Heralding_the_Arrival_of_the_Morning_Sun%2C_c._1765%2C_NGA_137045.jpg/330px-Fran%C3%A7ois_Boucher%2C_Aurora_Heralding_the_Arrival_of_the_Morning_Sun%2C_c._1765%2C_NGA_137045.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Fran%C3%A7ois_Boucher%2C_Aurora_Heralding_the_Arrival_of_the_Morning_Sun%2C_c._1765%2C_NGA_137045.jpg/440px-Fran%C3%A7ois_Boucher%2C_Aurora_Heralding_the_Arrival_of_the_Morning_Sun%2C_c._1765%2C_NGA_137045.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3528" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption><i>Aurōra Heralding the Arrival of the Morning Sun</i>, c. 1765, by <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Boucher" title="François Boucher">François Boucher</a></figcaption></figure> <p>From <a href="/wiki/Homer" title="Homer">Homer</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Iliad" title="Iliad">Iliad</a></i>: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"> <p>Now when <a href="/wiki/Eos" title="Eos">Dawn</a> in robe of <a href="/wiki/Saffron_(color)" title="Saffron (color)">saffron</a> was hastening from the streams of <a href="/wiki/Oceanus" title="Oceanus">Okeanos</a>, to bring light to mortals and immortals, <a href="/wiki/Thetis" title="Thetis">Thetis</a> reached the ships with the armor that the god had given her. </p> <div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>(19.1)</cite></div></blockquote> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"> <p>But soon as early Dawn appeared, the <a href="/wiki/Rose_(color)" title="Rose (color)">rosy</a>-fingered, then gathered the folk about the <a href="/wiki/Pyre" title="Pyre">pyre</a> of glorious <a href="/wiki/Hector" title="Hector">Hector</a>. </p> <div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>(24.776)</cite></div></blockquote> <p>Ovid's <i><a href="/wiki/Heroides" title="Heroides">Heroides</a></i> (16.201-202), <a href="/wiki/Paris_(mythology)" title="Paris (mythology)">Paris</a> names his well-known family members, among which Aurōra's lover as follows: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><div class="poem"> <p>A Phrygian was the husband of Aurora, yet she, the goddess who appoints the last road of night, carried him away </p> </div></blockquote> <p><a href="/wiki/Virgil" title="Virgil">Virgil</a> mentions in the fourth book of his <i><a href="/wiki/Aeneid" title="Aeneid">Aeneid</a></i>:<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Aurora now had left her saffron bed, And beams of early light the heav'ns o'erspread</p></blockquote> <p><a href="/wiki/Rutilius_Claudius_Namatianus" title="Rutilius Claudius Namatianus">Rutilius Claudius Namatianus</a> mentions in his 5th century poem <i>De reditu suo</i>:<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Saffron Aurora had brought forward her fair-weather team: the breeze offshore tells us to haul the sail-yards up.</p></blockquote> <p><a href="/wiki/William_Shakespeare" title="William Shakespeare">Shakespeare</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Romeo_and_Juliet" title="Romeo and Juliet">Romeo and Juliet</a></i> (I.i), Montague says of his lovesick son <a href="/wiki/Romeo_Montague" class="mw-redirect" title="Romeo Montague">Romeo</a>: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><div class="poem"> <p>But all so soon as the all-cheering sun<br /> Should in the furthest east begin to draw<br /> The shady curtains from Aurora's bed,<br /> Away from the light steals home my heavy son... </p> </div></blockquote> <p>In traditional Irish folk songs, such as "Lord Courtown": </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><div class="poem"> <p>One day I was a-musing down by the Courtown banks<br /> The sun shone bright and clearly, bold Neptune played a prank...<br /> There was Flora at the helm and Aurora to the stern<br /> And all their gallant fine seamen, their course for to steer on. </p> </div></blockquote> <p>In the poem "Let me not mar that perfect Dream" by <a href="/wiki/Emily_Dickinson" title="Emily Dickinson">Emily Dickinson</a>: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><div class="poem"> <p>Let me not mar that perfect Dream<br /> By an Auroral stain<br /> But so adjust my daily Night<br /> That it will come again. </p> </div></blockquote> <p>In "On Imagination" by Phillis Wheatley: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><div class="poem"> <p>From Tithon's bed now might Aurora rise, <br /> Her cheeks all glowing with celestial dies,<br /> While a pure stream of light o'erflows the skies. </p> </div></blockquote> <p>In the poem "Tithonus" by <a href="/wiki/Alfred,_Lord_Tennyson" title="Alfred, Lord Tennyson">Alfred, Lord Tennyson</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Aurōra is described thus: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><div class="poem"> <p>Once more the old mysterious glimmer steals<br /> From thy pure brows, and from thy shoulders pure,<br /> And bosom beating with a heart renewed.<br /> Thy cheek begins to redden through the gloom,<br /> Thy sweet eyes brighten slowly close to mine,<br /> Ere yet they blind the stars, and the wild team<br /> Which love thee, yearning for thy yoke, arise,<br /> And shake the darkness from their loosened manes,<br /> And beat the twilight into flakes of fire </p> </div></blockquote> <p>In singer-songwriter <a href="/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rk" title="Björk">Björk</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Vespertine" title="Vespertine">Vespertine</a></i> track, Aurōra is described as </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><div class="poem"> <p>Aurora<br /> Goddess sparkle<br /> A mountain shade suggests your shape<br /> <br /> I tumble down on my knees<br /> Fill my mouth with snow<br /> The way it melts<br /> I wish to melt into you </p> </div></blockquote> <p>In Chapter 8 of <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Bront%C3%AB" title="Charlotte Brontë">Charlotte Brontë</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Villette_(novel)" title="Villette (novel)">Villette</a></i>, Madame Beck fires her old Governess first thing in the morning and is described by the narrator, Lucy Snowe: <i>All this, I say, was done between the moment of Madame Beck's issuing like Aurōra from her chamber, and that in which she coolly sat down to pour out her first cup of coffee.</i> </p><p>The 20th-century Polish poet <a href="/wiki/Zbigniew_Herbert" title="Zbigniew Herbert">Zbigniew Herbert</a> wrote about Aurōra's grandchildren. In his poem they are ugly, even though they will grow to be beautiful (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.fundacjaherberta.com/tworczosc3/poezja/raport-z-oblezonego-miasta/potega-smaku">"Kwestia Smaku"</a>). </p><p>The first and strongest of the 50 Spacer worlds in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Caves_of_Steel" title="The Caves of Steel">The Caves of Steel</a></i> and subsequent novels by <a href="/wiki/Isaac_Asimov" title="Isaac Asimov">Isaac Asimov</a> is named after the goddess Aurora. Its capital city is Eos. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Depiction_in_art">Depiction in art</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aurora_(mythology)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Depiction in art"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Aurora_(Guido_Reni)" class="mw-redirect" title="Aurora (Guido Reni)">Aurōra</a></i>, fresco by <a href="/wiki/Guido_Reni" title="Guido Reni">Guido Reni</a> (1614) in <a href="/wiki/Palazzo_Pallavicini-Rospigliosi" title="Palazzo Pallavicini-Rospigliosi">Palazzo Pallavicini-Rospigliosi</a>, Rome</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aurora_(Artemisia_Gentileschi)" title="Aurora (Artemisia Gentileschi)">Aurora (Artemisia Gentileschi)</a> (c.1625-1627)</li> <li><i>Aurōra</i> by <a href="/wiki/Guercino" title="Guercino">Guercino</a> (1591–1666)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/File:Jean-Marc_Nattier,_The_Countess_de_Brac_as_Aurora_(1741).jpg" title="File:Jean-Marc Nattier, The Countess de Brac as Aurora (1741).jpg">The Countess de Brac as Aurōra</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Jean-Marc_Nattier" title="Jean-Marc Nattier">Jean-Marc Nattier</a> (1685–1766)</li> <li><i>Aurōra e Titone</i> by <a href="/wiki/Francesco_de_Mura" title="Francesco de Mura">Francesco de Mura</a> (1696–1782)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/File:Aurora_and_Cephalus_by_Anne-Louis_Girodet_de_Roucy-Trioson,_1810_-_Cleveland_Museum_of_Art_-_DSC08857.JPG" title="File:Aurora and Cephalus by Anne-Louis Girodet de Roucy-Trioson, 1810 - Cleveland Museum of Art - DSC08857.JPG">Aurōra and Cephalus</a></i>, by <a href="/wiki/Anne-Louis_Girodet_de_Roussy-Trioson" title="Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson">Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson</a> (1767–1824)</li> <li><i>The Gates of Dawn</i> by <a href="/wiki/Herbert_James_Draper" title="Herbert James Draper">Herbert James Draper</a> (1863–1920)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/File:Pierre-Narcisse_Gu%C3%A9rin_-_Aurora_and_Cephalus_-_WGA10970.jpg" title="File:Pierre-Narcisse Guérin - Aurora and Cephalus - WGA10970.jpg">Aurōra and Cephalus</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Pierre-Narcisse_Gu%C3%A9rin" title="Pierre-Narcisse Guérin">Pierre-Narcisse Guérin</a> (1774–1833)</li> <li><i>Aurōra</i> by <a href="/wiki/Odilon_Redon" title="Odilon Redon">Odilon Redon</a> (1840 – 1916).</li> <li><i>Aurore</i> by <a href="/wiki/Denys_Puech" title="Denys Puech">Denys Puech</a> (1854 – 1942).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aurora_(mythology)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dawn_goddess" class="mw-redirect" title="Dawn goddess">Dawn goddess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eos" title="Eos">Eos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_solar_deities" title="List of solar deities">List of solar deities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mater_Matuta" title="Mater Matuta">Mater Matuta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memnon_(mythology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Memnon (mythology)">Memnon (mythology)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zorya" title="Zorya">Zorya</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aurora_(mythology)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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