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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 345760, member: 5833&quot;]That is what the <a href="https://cameotimes.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cameotimes.com/" rel="nofollow">CameoTimes</a> web site is all about, helping people ID the subjects &amp; learn a little of the stories.&nbsp; The <a href="https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/minor-gods/aurora-eos" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/minor-gods/aurora-eos" rel="nofollow">article on Aurora</a> shows typical presentations &amp; attributes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ornithology on cameos tends to be a bit wobbly. Owls, swans &amp; peacocks are usually rendered unambiguously, but eagles &amp; doves are not always so clear.&nbsp; <a href="https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/minor-gods/hebe-and-eagle" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/minor-gods/hebe-and-eagle" rel="nofollow">Hebe &amp; the Eagle</a> is a case where the bird is a participant in the action; most of the time birds are there just to help identify the figure.&nbsp; The ones accompanying Aurora are ones that wake up with the dawn, usually seen as doves.&nbsp; See the article on <a href="https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/allegorical/day-and-night" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/allegorical/day-and-night" rel="nofollow">Day &amp; Night</a> for a related subject &amp; the trouble with birds.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s not just carvers who have trouble with birds.&nbsp; Can&#039;t tell you how many times I have seen Hebe &amp; the Eagle described as Leda &amp; the Swan.&nbsp; Granted the eagle is often in a contorted position, but still...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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