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In ancient Greek mythology and Ancient Greek religion, religion, Eos (; Ionic Greek, Ionic and Homeric Greek ''Ēṓs'', Attic Greek, Attic ''Héōs'', "dawn", or ; Aeolic Greek, Aeolic ''Aúōs'', Doric Greek, Doric ''Āṓs'') is the goddess and personification of the dawn, who rose each morning from her home at the edge of the river Oceanus to deliver light and disperse the night. In Greek tradition and poetry she is characterized as a goddess with a great sexual appetite, who took numerous lovers for her own satisfaction and bore them several children. Like her Roman mythology, Roman counterpart Aurora (mythology), Aurora and Rigvedic deities, Rigvedic Ushas, Eos continues the name of an earlier Proto-Indo-European mythology, Indo-European dawn goddess, Hausos. Eos, or her earlier Proto-Indo-European (PIE) ancestor, also shares several elements with the love goddess Aphrodite, perhaps signifying Eos's influence on her or otherwise a common origin for the two goddesses. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert James Draper
Herbert James Draper ( (baptism record) – ) was an English Classicism, Classicist painter whose career began in the Victorian era and extended through the first two decades of the 20th century. Life Born in London, the son of a fruit merchant named John James Draper and his wife Emma, he was educated at Bruce Castle School in Tottenham''The Times'', Thursday, Sep 23, 1920; pg. 1; Issue 42523; col A and then went on to study art at the Royal Academy. He undertook several educational trips to Rome and Paris between 1888 and 1892, having won the Royal Academy Gold Medal and Travelling Studentship in 1889. In the 1890s, he worked as an illustrator, eventually settling in London. In 1891, he married Ida (née Williams), with whom he had a daughter, Yvonne. He died of arteriosclerosis at the age of 56, in his home on Abbey Road, London, Abbey Road. Career Draper's most productive period began in 1894. He focused mainly on mythological themes from ancient Greece. His painting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
