What Is Aurora In Greek Mythology

Aurora was a free spirited goddess who didn't care for the expectations of the other gods and preferred to spend her time frolicking and dancing in the sky. She wore a beautiful dress woven of the finest blue, green, and purple fabrics, which she believed to make her better than some of the others. The other gods of Mount Olympus found Aurora to be a careless, insolent child, who could never understand the ways of the sophisticated gods. Hera expressed her distaste for Aurora the most, but secretly she felt nothing but jealousy for the young goddess. Hera wished she could wear the beautiful dress, but Aurora was too young and proud to share. The goddess begged her husband Zeus to convince Aurora to give up the dress. Zeus confronted Aurora and demanded she relinquish her gown.
Aurora has arête in her beautiful dress, which she is very proud of. Her pride turns into hubris as she becomes overly infatuated with her own gown, which she equates to her superiority. In an act of ate, Aurora defies the command of Zeus and refuses to give up her dress, and receives the punishment for it. This myth reveals the elements of jealousy present in American culture. Today, people will see a person wearing an outfit they are jealous of, then immediately go out and buy it, or see a quality of another individual and try to emulate that. Jealousy shapes a lot of how a person acts, the words they use, the clothes they wear, and the people they interact with. When a person is jealous, they change something about themselves to try and fit in. America’s focused on material goods can be seen in this myth. Aurora’s hubris comes from her dress, not a real quality about her personality. In America, people pride themselves on how they look, not their character. The myth of Aurora recounts the dangers of excessive hubris, as well as jealousy and vanity while explaining the origin of the northern