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<p>Illustration of central band from the Blacas <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Krater" class="mw-redirect" title="Krater">krater</a> of "Sunrise", <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/British_Museum" title="British Museum">British Museum</a> E466.
</p><p>The figures generally combine mythical personages and astronomical objects.
</p><p>From right to left, the figures are <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Helios" class="mw-redirect" title="Helios">Helios</a> (the Sun), four boys representing setting stars, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Endymion" class="mw-redirect" title="Endymion">Endymion</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Eos" class="mw-redirect" title="Eos">Eos</a> (the dawn), <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cephalus&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Cephalus (page does not exist)">Cephalus</a>, a dog, and <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Selene&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Selene (page does not exist)">Selene</a> (the Moon).  
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It has been suggested that here Cephalus is an avatar of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Orion" title="Orion">Orion</a>, as he seems to take the general shape of the constellation, and that the dog at his foot represents <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Sirius" title="Sirius">Sirius</a>.</div>
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Unidentified ancient Greek painter</div>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Ellen_Harrison" class="extiw" title="w:Jane Ellen Harrison">Jane Ellen Harrison</a>'s 1890 <i>Manual of Mythology, In Relation to Greek</i> (enlarged translation of Collignon's French edition), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=MF8AAAAAMAAJ&amp;pg=PA180">pg. 180</a>