Aurora

Characteristics of Astronomic Body

 * Aurora(Eos), arose to bring light to mortals and gods. Her lights were pink, red, blue. She is 150 million killomiters away from the sun.**



Symbols and Duties of Mythological Figure

 * Aurora's duties were to stick by Apollo's side and watch over the sun and watch over the gods.**

Birth Story of Mythological Figure

 * Aurora's parents was the sun god and the moon goddess**.

Popular Story of Mythological Figure

 * Aurora was the goddess of dawn. Her greatest favorite was Tithonus, ha was the sun of Laomedon, king of troy. Aurora stole him away and prevailed on jupiter to grant him immortality; after time she began to decern, to her great mortification he was growing old, his hair was turning white and she left his society; but he still had the range of her palace. later on she shut him in a chamber, though still hearing his voice at times she turned him into a grasshopper. Memnom was her son, he was king of the ethopians, he dwelt in the extreme west on the shore of the ocean. Aurora watched over her sun from the sky, viewed the danger of her son when she saw him fall she directed his brothers, the winds, to convey his body to the banks of the river Esepus in Paphagonia. Aurora remains incosolable for the loss of her son. Her tears flow and may be seen at early morning in the form of dew drops on the grass**.

Related Stories

 * Aurora asked** **Zues** **to grant her husband immortality. Her son Memnom died fighting in a war against Achilles. She watches over mortals and gods. Aurora flies in a chariot in the sky with pleiads surrounding her.**

Myth or Science Connection
Synthesize the information that you have found…
 * Why was your astronomic body named after your mythological figure (consider how the physical attributes of your astronomic body may reveal a connection to your mythological figure)?
 * Why was your astronomic body named after your mythological figure (consider how the physical attributes of your astronomic body may reveal a connection to your mythological figure)?