Aurora-portrait, 2021

Aurora is the Latin name for the dawn. In Latin works, the name Aurora therefore appears in place of the Greek goddess Eos, and it is often not possible to distinguish between a poetic designation of the daybreak and a personal goddess. Since the ...

Aurora is the Latin name for the dawn. In Latin works, the name Aurora therefore appears in place of the Greek goddess Eos, and it is often not possible to distinguish between a poetic designation of the daybreak and a personal goddess. Since the Greek Eos is the sister of the sun god Helios and the moon goddess Selene, the Roman aurora is considered to be the sister of the sun god Sol and the moon goddess Luna. A Roman mythography independent of the Greek does not exist.