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Contents 1 Comments 2 Eos and angels 3 what else is there? 4 Transliteration 5 Cognates

[edit] Comments

Wetman, if you read straight through the article "rosy-fingered" is mentioned extensively. I took out the cryptic, passing parenthetical reference because I don't think it adds very much; Homer is quoted directly a few lines further down. As someone with the copyedit perspective of coming to this article for the first time (as opposed to the perspective of someone in the thick of it) I found the parenthetical reference out of place and unnecessary. --Chinasaur 08:24, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Right you are. A fresh eye sees clearly. --Wetman 09:13, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Eos and angels

"Eos is the iconic original from which Christian angels were imagined, for no images were available from the Hebrew tradition, and the Persian angels were unknown in the West."

Er, is that sure? They are many winged figures in the Greek mythology: the winds (see Image:Hyakinthos.jpg for instance), victory and of course Eros, who is even represented draped in hellenistic and late representations, such as Image:Draped Eros Louvre Myr139.jpg. There is not much difference with good old Christmas angels. Jastrow 17:50, 21 November 2005 (UTC)

Amend the text. You might mention that Athene had lost her wings before the classic period. --Wetman

[edit] what else is there?

people talk about her rosey fingers all the time that they dont talk about her history or anything else. all i know about her is that she has rosey fingers and she is the goddess of dawn. (Anon.)

With that and her lover-consorts, especially Tithonus, you've got it; inventing full biographies for mythic figures is the game of Christian hagiography. The Greeks didn't indulge. --Wetman 23:28, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Transliteration

Is the appropriate archaic transliteration into Greek, 'Έως' or 'Ηώς'? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nalco (talk • contribs) 23:12, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cognates

The etymology of Eostre/Easter is too obscure to cite so assuredly here.--Wetman (talk) 19:51, 4 March 2008 (UTC)