Eos (2005) Jubal Fulks, violin (recorded at the Little Portion Friary, Mount Sinai, NY, 2005)

Program notes In Greek mythology, Eos was the goddess of Dawn. Daughter of the two Titans Hyperion and Theia, Eos is therefore also the sister of Selene (the Moon) and Helios (the Sun). "Eos" was commissioned during the winter of 2005 by violinist Benjamin Robison as one of twelve pieces which make up a body of work called "The Hours". "Eos" is meant to represent 4 a.m. in the progression of hours through the night from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m.

...“Eos the yellow-robed arose from the river of Okeanos to carry her light to men and to immortals.” --Iliad 19.1-2 (Homer) ...“Eos [Dawn] comes early, with rosy fingers.” --Odyssey 2.1, etc. (repeated many times) (Homer) ...“Eos in her broidered robe as she rises from the streams of Okeanos.” --Odyssey 22.195 (Homer) ..."Aas [Eos], leaving the waters of Okeanos, drew from the sky the moon's holy light." --Greek Lyric IV Corinna, Fragment 690