![]() ![]() In front of it the son of Iapetos stands immovably upholding the wide heaven upon his head and unwearying hands, where Nyx (Night) and Hemera (Day) draw near and greet one another as they pass the great threshold of bronze : and while the one is about to go down into the house, the other comes out at the door. " There stands the awful home of murky Nyx wrapped in dark clouds. And Gaia (Earth) first bore starry Ouranos (Uranus, Heaven), equal to herself, to cover her on every side." From Khaos (Chaos, Air) came forth Erebos (Erebus, Darkness) and black Nyx (Night) but of Nyx (Night) were born Aither (Aether, Light) and Hemera (Day), whom she conceived and bore from union in love with Erebos. and dim Tartaros (Hell) in the depth of the wide-pathed Earth, and Eros (Love), fairest among the deathless gods, who unnerves the limbs and overcomes the mind and wise counsels of all gods and all men within them. "Verily at first Khaos (the Chasm) came to be, but next wide-bosomed Gaia (Gaea, Earth). Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C8th or C7th B.C.) : OURANOS (by Aither) (Cicero De Natura Deorum 3.17)ĬLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES Nyx, Hemera-Heos and Helius, Athenian black-figure lekythos C5th B.C., Metropolitan Museum of Art GAIA, OURANOS, THALASSA (by Aither) (Hyginus Preface) ![]() EREBOS & NYX (Hesiod Theogony 124, Cicero De Natura Deorum 3.17) She was largely irrelevant in mythology, with her role being entirely subsumed by the goddess Eos. Hesiod seems to regard her as more of a divine substance rather than anthropomorphic goddess. Hemera was closely identified with Hera, the queen of heavens, and Eos, the goddess of the dawn. The sun ruled the day but was not its source. In the ancient cosmogonies night and day were actual substances distinct and independent of the sun. With each morn Hemera dispersed her mother's mists, bathing the earth again in the light of the ether. She was a daughter of Erebos (Darkness) and Nyx (Night) and the sister and wife of Aither (Aether, Heavenly Light).Įvery evening Hemera's mother Nyx drew her dark veil across the sky, obscuring the the shining blue of the heavenly ether ( aither), and bringing night to earth. HEMERA was the the primordial goddess ( protogenos) of the day. Day ( hêmera) Eos-Hemera goddess of day, Athenian black-figure lekythos C5th B.C., Metropolitan Museum of Art ![]()
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