Aurora

In Roman mythology, Aurora presided over the dawn - known to the Greeks as Eos. Born to the Titans Hyperion and Theia, she shared her divine parentage with her siblings Helios, who ruled the sun, and Selene, who governed the moon. Each morning, Aurora emerged from the ocean depths, guiding her horse-drawn chariot across the heavens before the sun's arrival, dispensing dew upon the earth from her sacred pitcher. Her first marriage to the Titan Astraeus produced remarkable offspring: the four winds - Boreas, Eurus, Notus, and Zephyrus - along with the celestial lights Eosphorus (the morning star) and Hesperus (the evening star). Aurora's legendary beauty caught the eye of Mars, god of war, provoking the jealousy of Venus (Aphrodite). In retaliation, Venus cursed Aurora with an insatiable desire for mortal men. Among these mortal lovers was Tithonus, whom Aurora married. She petitioned Zeus to grant him immortality, but crucially forgot to request eternal youth. This oversight proved tragic - while Tithonus could not die, he continued to age endlessly, eventually becoming so withered that Aurora confined him to his chamber. Finally, the gods showed mercy and transformed him into a cicada.