In Greek mythology, Cephalus ( /ˈsɛfələs/; Ancient Greek: Κέφαλος Kephalos) was a member of the Athenian royal family as the son of Princess Herse and Hermes.
In some accounts, Cephalus was said to be the son of Hermes by Creusa [1] or of Pandion I. [2]
Because of Cephalus's great beauty, Eos (Dawn) fell in love with him. He was eventually carried off and ravished by her in Syria. [3] Consorting with the goddess, by some accounts Cephalus became the father of Tithonus, the father of Phaethon. [4] Another version of the myth provides that Phaethon was said to be his son instead of Tithonus. [5]
On the pediment of the kingly Stoa in the Kerameikos at Athens, and on the temple of Apollo at Amyclae, the carrying off of Cephalus by Hemera (not Eos) was represented. [6] According to a single myth, Eosphorus was also called the son of Cephalus and Eos. [7]
In Greek mythology, Cephalus ( /ˈsɛfələs/; Ancient Greek: Κέφαλος Kephalos) was a member of the Athenian royal family as the son of Princess Herse and Hermes.
In some accounts, Cephalus was said to be the son of Hermes by Creusa [1] or of Pandion I. [2]
Because of Cephalus's great beauty, Eos (Dawn) fell in love with him. He was eventually carried off and ravished by her in Syria. [3] Consorting with the goddess, by some accounts Cephalus became the father of Tithonus, the father of Phaethon. [4] Another version of the myth provides that Phaethon was said to be his son instead of Tithonus. [5]
On the pediment of the kingly Stoa in the Kerameikos at Athens, and on the temple of Apollo at Amyclae, the carrying off of Cephalus by Hemera (not Eos) was represented. [6] According to a single myth, Eosphorus was also called the son of Cephalus and Eos. [7]