Even though it feels like a silly reason, the only way I can rationalize Aphrodite’s treatment of Eos while she simultaneously left Ares’s more important lovers who he had children with alone is if Eos was the most beautiful of all Ares’s lovers 2nd only to Aphrodite herself
I mean, think about it… every time a child or descendant of hers is physically described, they’re always a fine shyt
Memnon was considered by Odysseus considered to be the most handsome man he’d ever known, and he’s has seen a lot of men including famous fine shyt Achilles and Aphrodite’s own son Aeneas
Odysseus himself is a descendant of Eos, and it’s pretty obvious that he was a fine shyt just looking at how many gorgeous women and goddesses wanted him
Chione, Odysseus’s great grandmother had an insane amount of suitors but also caught the attention of both Hermes and Apollo
Hesperus was attractive enough to compete with Aphrodite herself in a beauty contest
Phaethon and his doomed line speaks for itself
I’m not sure if there’s any goddess with a better track record of producing baddies (Aphrodite’s kids are almost perfect but she has Priapus, a son no one is proud of having)
