Aurora, << aw RAWR uh >>, was the Roman name for Eos, the Greek goddess of the dawn. She was the sister of Helios, the sun, and Selene, the moon.
Aurora abducted several lovers. The most famous was Tithonus, a brother of King Priam of Troy. Aurora and Tithonus had a son named Memnon, who was killed by the Greek hero Achilles during the Trojan War. Aurora prayed to Jupiter, the king of the gods in Roman mythology, to make Tithonus immortal. However, she forgot to ask for eternal youth for him as well. As a result, Tithonus, though immortal, grew older and older and shriveled up. Aurora had him locked up. He slowly became only a voice. According to one story, Tithonus turned into a grasshopper.
