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800 BCE – 600 BCE,
Homer,
Iliad 6.175:
- ἀλλ’ ὅτε δὴ δεκάτη ἐφάνη ῥοδοδάκτυλος Ἠὼς
- all’ hóte dḕ dekátē ephánē rhododáktulos Ēṑs
- But when rosy-fingered Dawn appeared the tenth time
800 BCE – 600 BCE,
Homer,
Iliad 9.707:
- αὐτὰρ ἐπεί κε φανῇ καλὴ ῥοδοδάκτυλος Ἠώς,
- autàr epeí ke phanêi kalḕ rhododáktulos Ēṓs,
- But when rosy-fingered Dawn appears beautifully,
800 BCE – 600 BCE,
Homer,
Iliad 23.109–110:
- μυρομένοισι δὲ τοῖσι φάνη ῥοδοδάκτυλος Ἠὼς
ἀμφὶ νέκυν ἐλεεινόν.- muroménoisi dè toîsi phánē rhododáktulos Ēṑs
amphì nékun eleeinón. - and rosy-fingered Dawn appeared to them as they wept
around the forlorn body.
800 BCE – 600 BCE,
Homer,
Odyssey 5.121:
- ὣς μὲν ὅτ’ Ὠρίων’ ἕλετο ῥοδοδάκτυλος Ἠώς,
τόφρα οἱ ἠγάασθε θεοὶ ῥεῖα ζώοντες,- hṑs mèn hót’ Ōríōn’ héleto rhododáktulos Ēṓs,
tóphra hoi ēgáasthe theoì rheîa zṓontes, - Thus when rosy-fingered Dawn took Orion for herself,
then you gods who live easily resented her
800 BCE – 600 BCE,
Homer,
Odyssey 23.241:
- καί νύ κ’ ὀδυρομένοισι φάνη ῥοδοδάκτυλος Ἠώς,
- kaí nú k’ oduroménoisi phánē rhododáktulos Ēṓs,
- And now rosy-fingered Dawn appeared to them as they lamented.
The line ἦμος δ’ ἠριγένεια φάνη ῥοδοδάκτυλος Ἠώς ("When rosy-fingered Dawn appeared early-born") appears twice in the Iliad and 20 times in the Odyssey: Iliad 1.477 24.788; Odyssey 2.1, 3.404, 3.491, 4.306, 4.431, 4.576, 5.228, 8.1, 9.152, 9.170, 9.307, 9.437, 9.560, 10.187, 12.8, 12.316, 13.18, 15.189, 17.1, 19.428.