Both Uses of
aurora
in
The Aeneid
- Aurora now had left her saffron bed, And beams of early light the heav'ns o'erspread, When, from a tow'r, the queen, with wakeful eyes, Saw day point upward from the rosy skies.†
Book 4 *
- By Thetis and Aurora thou wert won To forge impenetrable shields, and grace With fated arms a less illustrious race.†
Book 8
Definition:
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(aurora) an atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands of light caused by charged solar particles following the earth's magnetic lines of force