Aurora / Eos. Aurora is the Latin word for dawn, and the goddess of dawn in Roman mythology and Latin poetry. Aurora is frequently depicted with wings, symbolizing her ability to fly across the sky each morning to announce the arrival of the sun. Her wings are often shown as large and feathery, similar to those of a bird. As the goddess of dawn, she is often associated with the soft, warm light that precedes sunrise. In art, she may be surrounded by a glowing aura or depicted amidst a sky filled with rosy, golden, or pastel hues. Aurora is sometimes shown riding in a chariot drawn by horses, which represents her journey across the sky each morning. The horses may be depicted as white or golden, symbolizing the purity and radiance of the dawn. She is often associated with flowers, particularly roses, which are symbolic of the renewal and beauty of the morning. In art, she may be shown holding or surrounded by flowers, or wearing a garland of flowers in her hair. Aurora is often depicted in various mythological scenes, such as her romantic pursuits or her interactions with other gods and goddesses. One famous story involves Aurora's abduction of the mortal prince Tithonus, whom she sought as her lover. Another popular scene shows Aurora mourning the death of her son Memnon, who was killed during the Trojan War. Like Greek Eos and Rigvedic Ushas, Aurora continues the name of an earlier Indo-European dawn goddess, Hausos. In Roman mythology, Aurora renews herself every morning and flies across the sky, announcing the arrival of the Sun. Her parentage was flexible: for Ovid, she could equally be Pallantis, signifying the daughter of Pallas, or the daughter of Hyperion. She has two siblings, a brother and a sister. Roman writers rarely imitated Hesiod and later Greek poets by naming Aurora as the mother of the Anemoi, who were the offspring of Astraeus, the father of the stars. Aurora appears most often in sexual poetry with one of her mortal lovers. A myth taken from the Greek by Roman poets tells that one of her lovers was the prince of Troy, Tithonus. Tithonus was a mortal, and would therefore age and die. Wanting to be with her lover for all eternity, Aurora asked Jupiter to grant immortality to Tithonus. Jupiter granted her wish, but she failed to ask for eternal youth to accompany his immortality, and he became forever old.