Dies (deity)

Dies
Primordial goddess of the day
Hemera/Dies (1881) by William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Personal information
Consort Aether
Children Caelus
Thalassa
Terra
Parents Scotus and Nox
Siblings Aether
Greek equivalent Hemera

In Roman mythology Dies ("day") was the personification of day, and the Roman counterpart of the Greek goddess Hemera, the daughter of Nox (Night) and Scotus (Darkness).

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