aurora
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| Introduction | Aurora was the ancient Roman equivalent of Eos, the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn. Aurora is the Latin word for dawn. Aurora renewed herself every morning at dawn and flies across the sky, announcing the morning's arrival. Her siblings consist of a brother (the sun), and a sister (the moon). She also has many husbands and four sons, the winds: North, East, West, and South, one of whom was killed. As the dawn goddess, she opened the gates of heaven (with "rosy fingers") so that Helios could ride his chariot across the sky every day. In Homer (Iliad), her yellow robe is embroidered or woven with flowers (Odyssey vi:48 etc); rosy-fingered and with golden arms, she is pictured on Attic vases as a supernaturally beautiful woman, crowned with a tiara or diadem and with the large white-feathered wings of a bird. Eos (Aurora) is the iconic original from which Christian angels were imagined. |
Unlike a dog, how can a turtle ever be naked?
When he takes off his protective shell and bares his naked soul to the world.

