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Rosy-fingered Aurora

Aurora

also: Розоперстая Аврора

The Roman dawn-goddess, invoked via Homer's stock epithet "rosy-fingered" in a mock-epic aside describing the morning after the wedding -- a deliberately overblown classical flourish over a shabby domestic scene.

Reading notes

Mentioned in 2 works (2 mentions)

Marriage for Convenience (a novel in two parts) Stories · 1 mention
The Wood Demon Plays · 1 mention

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