Homer quotation (not Simpson)

[Bert]

In a street in Treviso, some quotations have been incised into one of the pavements. One is given in Greek, then Italian. It says 'L'aurora dalle dita di rosa: Omero'. It seems to mean something like: Day-break [or sun-rise] from the pink fingers, which doesn't make much sense to me. Can anyone give me a bit more information? It seems to be only part of a sentence; perhaps it would make some sense if I had the rest of it. I have searched the net and found that it is from the Odyssey, but nothing else I can understand.
Thanks

[Mortartube]

This is only a theory of mine.

Sun rise from the pink fingers, may refer to waking up and staring straight into the sun and covering your eyes with your hands and the light shining through makes your fingers appear pink, or alternatively It may refer to the reddish pink rays of light that can appear in the sky prior to the sun appearing over the horizon under certain weather conditions.

[slaney]

Homer wrote of "the rosy-fingered dawn" in the Odyssey. He seems to have used the phrase more than once...I can find references to it in Book 1 and 2.

[dundurn]

It occurs all through the Odyssey. Dawn was a goddess in Greek Mythology. The complete phrase is 'the child of morning, rosy-fingered Dawn'.

[the g man]

Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It's what separates us from the animals ... except the weasel.

[Bert]

Thanks, slaney and dundurn. Rosy-fingered Dawn certainly sounds better than what I had, and actually rings a bell (very faintly).

[jno]

yes, I remember Monty Python mentioning a book entitled 'Rosy fingered Dawn, a tale of lesbian passion'.

[Bert]

That's very good, jno. What a memory for Monty Python you must have!