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   ocr: Cephalus and Aurora PAINTINGS Nicolas POUSSIN Probably 1627-30 Canvas, 96.5 x 130.8 cm No. 65, Bequeathed by G.J. Cholmondeley, 1831. Aurora, goddess of dawn, fell in love with the mortal Cephalus and tried to seduce him. He thought only of his wife Procris, however, and rejected her. Poussin shows the cause of cephalusTejection of Aurora through the putto holding up Procris' portrait. Aurora rises from the sea each day; hence the sleeping: god is probably Oceanus. Her coming heralds the day; - it: is brought by Apollo, the In the 1620s Poussin was NEXT. PAGES... The. Story of sun god, driving ...