What does "Blaze and Aurora" refered to in Homer's Odeyssey?

Question

In Book 23: The Great Rooted Bed, there's a line that says:

"She [Athena] held back the night, and night lingered long at the western edge of the earth, while in the east she reined in Dawn of the golden throne at Ocean's banks, commanding her not to yoke the windswift team that brings men light, Blaze and Aurora, the youg colts that race the Morning on."

I just wonder what/who is Blaze refering to? and what does that thing/person have to do with Aurora?

Answer 1

I believe that it is the morning star and dawn's light they are referring to.  Aurora literally means impregnated with light, and was known to bring the dawn by either riding Pegasus or a 4 horse drawn chariot.  Another meaning is rosy fingered morn, blaze probably refers to this action of the dawn, actually lifting the veil of night.  Hope that helps.

Answer 2

Its a long way of saying that Athena is responsible for pushing away night and bringing day.

Of course its all wrong, but its a fantasy.

In reality the earth spins from a angular momentum it gained billions of years ago when the planet was formed from high velocity particles.



Blazing Aurora, the dawn rising or sun coming up.

Got it? Get it? Good?

European/English writing has a lot of hype which distills down to really nothing much. Think simple.