In classical myth, Aethiopia is not the same as Ethiopia the modern-day country. You can read more about the transformation of the Heliades here.Īnother peripheral character in the story is Merops, King of Aethiopia. In many tellings they wasted away into bark and bloom, becoming mournful poplar trees that leaked precious amber into the river. For instance, Phaethon’s sisters (known as the Heliades, after their father) gathered at the site of his death, weeping into the river that claimed his life. The Metamorphosis are renowned tales of transformation, which contain rich details about the rise and fall of Phaethon as well as the ways in which his family responded to his fate. There are many versions of the story of Phaethon – you can find modern summaries here and here as well as a famous classical version in Ovid’s Metamorphosis, which you can read here. Across world mythology, there are many myths that explain the sun – click here to read introductions to Maori, Norse, Cherokee and Chinese narratives. His initial dissatisfaction stems from his separation from his father Helios, and his own desire for Godlike qualities.Īs a God, Helios embodies the rise and fall of the sun.
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Eos is the only other goddess in the series to speak to Kratos by projecting herself through a statue, the first being Athena.In Greek mythology, Phaethon is a brooding young man whose inflated sense of self causes his downfall. She wears a large, white skirt with grey hems. Her hair and ears are adorned with a golden tikka and an earrings respectively. Being the goddess of dawn, her body emits a golden glow. She leaves the rest of her upper bodies unclothed, completely exposing her round and well-shaped breasts. The only clothing she wears on her upper body is a piece of white cloth covering her shoulders, the left side of her neck and the back of her head partially. She is red-headed, fair-skinned and slender. It is unknown if she survived the cataclysmic events cause by Kratos, but considering her strong dependence on the Sun, it's very likely that the Goddess of Dawn simply ceased to exist after the brutal death of her brother.Įos resembles the appearance of that of a beautiful, young woman. Her fate remains unknown, even after Helios' death caused the sun to be blocked by dark rain clouds. In Chains of Olympus, she said she was rendered nearly powerless by Helios' disappearance. This is the passageway within Mount Olympus that is revealed through the use of Helios' head, leading to the Chain of Balance. While she makes no appearance in-game, there is a section that is named after her, the Path of Eos. It is revealed she is very dependent on her brother's powers, to the point that after the sun disappeared, she slowly started to lose all her powers. Kratos then spoke with Eos face-to-face in the Caves of Olympus, where she advised him to seek out the Primordial Fire to help him in his quest. In the God of War series God of War: Chains of Olympusīarely holding on after her brother's disappearance which caused Morpheus to take over the Earth and caused everyone to fall asleep, Eos asked Kratos to find Helios and told him to find the Sun Shield. In some myths-such as the tales of Orion and Kephalos-Eos stood virtually as a non-virginal substitute for Artemis. In time he shriveled up by old age and transformed into a grasshopper.Įos was closely identified with Hemera, the primordial goddess of day. 
When the goddess petitioned Zeus for his immortality, she neglected also to request eternal youth. The Trojan prince Tithonos became her official consort. Her lovers included Orion, Phaethon, Kephalos (Cephalus) and Tithonos (Tithonus), three of which she ravished away to distant lands. She was depicted either driving a chariot drawn by winged horses or borne aloft on her own wings.Įos had an unquenchable desire for handsome young men, some say as the result of a curse laid upon her by the goddess Aphrodite. Eos rose into the sky from the river Okeanos ( Oceanus) at the start of each day, and with her rays of light dispersed the mists of night. She and her siblings Helios (the Sun) and Selene (the Moon) were numbered amongst the second-generation Titan gods. In Greek Mythology, Eos was the titan goddess of the dawn.
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