anybody know Greek mythology?

Ah, the Dawn with her rosy fingers =]

(That epithet is repeated a ridiculous amount in The Odyssey)

I'm sure that, by now, you know the main myth surrounding her. She, as an immortal goddess, kidnapped the Trojan Tithonus. Forcing him to be her lover, Eos asked Zeus to grant Tithonus immortality. Yet she did not ask for eternal youth. Tithonus thus grew older and older without ever having the respite of death.

Anyway.

Well, here are some modern representations:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64...

http://www.martinbraunusa.com/images/storyofeos.jp...

However, what would be more authentic would be to take a look at the vase paintings of Eos- to see how the Greeks themselves interpreted their goddess.

Here are some red-figure interpretations of the myth. The fact that they are red-figure places them slightly later than the archaic period (developing around 530 BC) but itis still ancient greece and will still help to give some authenticity to your research.

Here, the Achilles Painter depicts Eos chasing her lover:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9...

And here she is professing her love to him:

http://www.uwm.edu/Course/mythology/0200/406.jpg

One final picture:

http://www.uwm.edu/Course/mythology/0200/405.jpg

You can see in all of these interpretations that Eos has, most importantly, been shown with wings. In Greek pottery, while different painters may depict people in different ways, at least one cohesive factor can be found. For instance, Athene (goddess of war) can be identified no matter who the artist by the inclusion of helmet and spear. Given that she is not on her chariot, Eos' defining feature must be her wings.

The robes that she wears are obviously intricately draped. Her hair is long (an important detail- for a woman to have her hair cut means that she is either in the stages of mourning or a slave) yet put back.

In these two depictions:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Eos_Memnon_Louvr...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Eos_chariot_430-...

She also appears to be wearing a cloth head piece.

I think that what you wear is not necessarily so important. You don't want to over-do it. But what you do want to be able to do is to pick out certain pieces of your outfit and explain, with references to the actual classical vase paintings such as those that I have shown you, why each piece you have decided to wear is important.

This website has some different interpretations of the goddess:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eos

Um, no - Eos's BROTHER Helios (God of the Sun) drove the chariot across the sky. Eos waited to greet him, although she was sometimes represented in her own golden chariot. She had an unquenchable desire for handsome young men.... which might be a bit inappropriate for a school setting - not to mention hard to represent. She requested immortality for her lover Tithonos but forgot enternal youth, so he eventually turned into a grasshopper - (don't ask) - if you are not afraid of them, take a grasshopper.

Homer described her as dressed in saffron - also rosy fingered and golden armed, which might be a challenge, not to mention slightly bizarre.

This site should contain pretty much everything you need: including original references

http://www.theoi.com/Titan/Eos.html

yeah, do a google image search. i'd weave a thin gold ribbon thru my hair in greek fashion (a figure 8). a sorta tunic toga dress, white or light yellow, high belt, 2 layered skirt with the top layer hem at the knees in front, tapering to the floor in back.light colored sandals! a leaf bracelet! and glitter powder!

tell everyone you get your chariot out of the shop after school.... good luck!

Try a yellow toga with a crown or headband shaped like the sun.

She also Has red wings. http://www.greek-gods-and-goddesses.com/images/eos...

Here are some sites about her

http://www.loggia.com/myth/eos.html

http://www.greek-gods-and-goddesses.com/eos-the-go...

http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/egodsandgoddess...

http://www.goddess-guide.com/eos.html

Hope You get a good grade

p.s. I did not choose wikipedia because I don't trust it, and Eos is necked(which I don't think you should be)

Pic of Eos:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64...

http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images2/eos.jpg

You could wear some angel wings and a tiara?

Maybe something like this:

http://www.starcostumes.com/items/Feather_Angel_Wi...

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First off, Hermes/Mercury would be easier. lol Try pantheon.com or .org. I forget which. Good luck! That sounds like fun! :)

Don't forget the wings and good luck!

They all wore togas type garments.

EOS

(Latin - Aurora)

Eos was the Greek personification of the Dawn, the daughter of the Titans Hyperion and Theia and the sister of Helios (Sun) and Selene (Moon). At the close of each night, rosy-fingered, saffron-robed Eos rises from her couch in the east and mounts her chariot drawn by the horses Lampus and Phaethon. Her godly duty is to ride to Mount Olympus and announce the approach of her brother Helios.

When Helios appears Eos becomes Hemera (Day) and she journeys along with him on his travels until, now transformed into Hespera (Dusk), she announces their safe arrival on the western shores of the great Ocean.

By Astraeus she was the mother of the Four Winds: Boreas, Eurus, Zephyrus and Notus; and also of Phosphorus and some say even the Stars. She was depicted as a goddess whose rosy fingers opened the gates of heaven to the chariot of the Sun.

Her legend consists almost entirely of her intrigues. She first slept with Ares; this earned her the wrath of Aphrodite who punished her by causing her to have a constant longing for young lovers. Eos secretly and shamefacedly began to seduce these youths, who included Orion, Cephalus, Cleitus and Tithonus (See Bullfinch below).

In Greek art, Eos and Hemera (Day) are one and the same.

Aurora is the Roman personification of the Dawn and the Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess Eos. According to one myth, her tears cause the dew as she flies across the sky weeping for one of her sons, who was killed.

The goddess of the Dawn (Eos), like her sister the Moon, was at times inspired with the love of mortals. Her greatest favourite was Tithonus son of Laomedon, king of Troy. She stole him away, and prevailed on Jupiter (Zeus) to grant him immortality; but, forgetting to have youth joined in the gift, after some time she began to discern, to her great mortification, that he was growing old. When his hair was quite white she left his society; but he still had the range of her palace, lived on ambrosial food, and was clad in celestial raiment. At length he lost the power of using his limbs, and then she shut him up in his chamber, whence his feeble voice might at times be heard. Finally she turned him into a grasshopper.

Memnon was the son of Aurora and Tithonus. He was king of the AEthiopians, and dwelt in the extreme east, on the shore of Ocean. He came with his warriors to assist the kindred of his father in the war of Troy. King Priam received him with great honours, and listened with admiration to his narrative of the wonders of the ocean shore.

The very day after his arrival, Memnon, impatient of repose, led his troops to the field. Antilochus, the brave son of Nestor, fell by his hand, and the Greeks were put to flight, when Achilles appeared and restored the battle. A long and doubtful contest ensued between him and the son of Aurora; at length victory declared for Achilles, Memnon fell, and the Trojans fled in dismay.

Aurora (Eos), who from her station in the sky had viewed with apprehension the danger of her son, when she saw him fall, directed his brothers, the Winds, to convey his body to the banks of the river Esepus in Paphlagonia. In the evening Aurora came, accompanied by the Hours and the Pleiads, and wept and lamented over her son. Night, in sympathy with her grief, spread the heaven with clouds; all nature mourned for the offspring of the Dawn. The AEthiopians raised his tomb on the banks of the stream in the grove of the Nymphs, and Jupiter caused the sparks and cinders of his funeral pile to be turned into birds, which, dividing into two flocks, fought over the pile till they fell into the flames. Every year at the anniversary of his death they return and celebrate his obsequies in like manner. Aurora remains inconsolable for the loss of her son. Her tears still flow, and may be seen at early morning in the form of dew-drops on the grass.

THERE ARE PIC OF HER IN GOOGLE. Although she is said to be dressed in a saffron colored robe, and has red wings.