: Re: Using symbols to refer to mythological figures Is this something you would recommend. I went to Wikipedia and ended up on this page about the Goddess of the Dawn, Eos And one of the symbols

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You're the writer, you can do whatever you want.

It's common to use symbols to refer to people, places, things, and so on. The question you want to ask yourself is, does your reader know what the heck you're talking about?

In this case, maybe open up the poem talking about Eos directly. A statue, a story, anything. I personally would be clear that she's related to early morning.

Then talk about being haunted (or stalked, or visited) each morning by the grasshopper. While most readers won't know the symbolic association, at least it will make sense to a degree. The reader will know that somehow the grasshopper is connected with the deity you spoke of before, especially because you've already associated the timing.

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