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Lucifer
thumb|The Fallen Angel (painting)|The Fallen Angel (1847) by [[Alexandre Cabanel|250x250px]] Lucifer is believed to be a fallen angel and the Devil in Christian theology. Lucifer is associated with the sin of pride and believed to have attempted an usurpation of God, whereafter being banished to Earth.
Memnon
thumb|Attic neck-amphora featuring [[Heracles and Memnon (detail), BC]] thumb|Eos retrieving the body of her son Memnon from the battlefield (detail); Etruscan bronze mirror, BC
Astraea
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Astraea (; ), also spelled Astrea or Astria, is a daughter of Astraeus and Eos. She is the virgin goddess of justice, and is closely associated with another Greek justice goddess, Dike, the daughter of Zeus and Themis. Astraea is not to be confused with Asteria, the goddess of the stars and the daughter of Coeus and Phoebe.
Anemoi
thumb|Wind rose of ancient Greece, created by the scholar [[Adamantios Korais around 1796]]
Hesperus
thumb|A wall painting in Pompeii, depicting a youth with a nimbus, who some scholars have identified as Hesperus. It dates to the reign of [[Vespasian (69–79 AD).]] thumb|right|180px|Hesperus as Personification of the Evening Star by Anton Raphael Mengs (1765).
Phosphorus
personification of the Morning Star in Greek and Roman mythology
Sirius
stellar god in Greek mythology
Emathion
In Greek mythology, the name Emathion (Ancient Greek: Ἠμαθίων) refers to four individuals. Emathion, king of Aethiopia or Arabia, the son of Tithonus and Eos, and brother of Memnon. Herakles killed him after coming across the valley of the Nile on his way to steal the golden apples of the Hesperis, and gave his kingdom to Memnon. According to a rumor, Emathion wanted to prevent Herakles from stealing the golden apples. A different legend tells that the father of Romus, who founded Rome, was Emathion.