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Tithonus


Tithonus

(tɪˈθəʊnəs) n (Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth the son of Laomedon of Troy who was loved by the goddess Eos. She asked that he be made immortal but forgot to ask that he be made eternally young. When he aged, she turned him into a grasshopper

Tithonus


Tithonus

(tĭthō`nəs), in Greek mythology, prince of Troy; son of Laomedon. He was loved by the dawn goddess, Eos, who bore him Memnon. When Eos begged Zeus to bestow immortality upon Tithonus, she forgot to ask the god to grant her lover eternal youth; so Tithonus grew older and older until Eos, out of pity, changed him into a grasshopper.

Tithonus

granted immortality but not eternal youth; continually got older. [Gk. Myth.: Kravitz]See: Age, Old

Tithonus

given eternal life but not eternal youth. [Gk. Myth.: Brewer Dictionary, 1087]See: Immortality

Tithonus

unable to remove him from the earth because of his immortality, Eos changes him into a grasshopper. [Gk. Myth.: Brewer Dictionary, 901]See: Transformation
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