Phosphor

Phosphorus in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（*Fwsfo/ros), or as the poets call him ἑωσφόρος or Φαεσφόρος (Lat. Lucfer), that is, the bringer of light or of Eos, is the name of the planet Venus, when seen in the morning before sunrise (Hom. Il. 23.226; Virg. Gerl. 1.288; Ov. Met. 2.115, Trist. 1.3. 72.) The same planet was called Hesperus (Vesperugo, Vesper, Noctif or Nocturnus) when it ...

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