The Routledge Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses , Devil and Demons
Greek goddess of the dawn, sometimes also known as Hemera (=day). She is the ‘rosyfingered’, youthful and beautiful, sister of the sun (→ Hélios) and the moon (→ Seléne).
Every morning she drives the team of horses which pull her chariot up from the depths of the ocean. When she weeps for her son Memnon who fell at Troy, her tears fall on the earth as dew. Her Roman counterpart is → Auróra.
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