Eos
Eos(Aurora to the Romans) Eos is the Goddess of the Dawn. Her parents are the Titans Hyperion and Theia. She would ride her chariot, pulled by her horses, Shiner and Bright, across the sky just before sunrise awaking nature by sprinkling dew on the flowers and trees and announcing the coming of her brother, Helios, the Sun. She is also said to have been a manifestation of Hespera, which is Dusk. She fell in love with lots of men, including Tithonus, whose father was the king of Troy. She spied him one morning as she was going about her duties and asked Zeus to make him immortal. However, she had forgotten to ask for eternal youth as well, and Tithonus grew old but couldn't die. Since there was nothing she could do, she locked him in her room where he became small and weak. He shriveled up and withered until he turned into a cicada...chirping for all eternity. Eos was also the mother of the winds.
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