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- noun the
morning star (Phosphorus ,Venus )
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Venus is the only planet mentioned by Homer, who in the Iliad calls it Eosphorus when describing the funeral of Patroklos, and Hesperos when telling of the battle between Achilles and Hektor.
'Aladdin's Lamp' 2009
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Appears to depict Eosphorus, the incarnation of Venus at dawn, wreathed in a gauze of transparent fabric, like the mists that veil the world in the morning and bearing a wand of starlight.
Archive 2008-12-01 Hermes 2008
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Thus they had two names for the planet, Eosphorus meaning 'bearer of light' being the name of the Venus of morning and Hesperus being the name of the planet in the evening.
Archive 2008-12-01 Hermes 2008
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Eosphorus (Dawn-bringer), and the gleaming stars with which heaven is crowned.
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And after these Erigenia [1616] bare the star Eosphorus (Dawn-bringer), and the gleaming stars with which heaven is crowned.
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Eosphorus, or Phosphorus, the bearer of the dawn, translated into
Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky Various 1880
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Eosphorus, the "Bringer of Dawn"; the evening star they called Hellenistic times, it was realized they were the same planet.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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