(‘he who brings light’: also known as Heosphoros) The Greek god of the morning star. He was represented as a naked, winged youth hurrying ahead of his mother → Eos, or the sun-god → Hélios, with a torch in his hand. In...

In Greek mythology, Hesperos (Greek Ἓσπερος (The Evening Star), sometimes latinized as Hesperus) and (H)eosphoros (Morning Star) latinized as Eosphorus (see Lucifer) are sons of the dawn goddess Eos (Roman Aurora). Hesperus' father was Cephalus,...