Cephalus (son of Hermes)

In Greek mythology, Cephalus (Ancient Greek: Κέφαλος Kephalos) was a member of the Athenian royal family as the son of Princess Herse and Hermes.

Family
In some accounts, Cephalus was said to be the son of Hermes by Creusa or of Pandion I.

Mythology
Because of Cephalus's great beauty, Eos (Dawn) fell in love with him. He was eventually carried off and ravished by her in Syria. Consorting with the goddess, by some accounts Cephalus became the father of Tithonus, the father of Phaethon. Another version of the myth provides that Phaethon was said to be his son instead of Tithonus.

On the pediment of the kingly Stoa in the Kerameikos at Athens, and on the temple of Apollo at Amyclae, the carrying off of Cephalus by Hemera (not Eos) was represented. According to a single myth, Eosphorus was also called the son of Cephalus and Eos.