person
Tithonus
Trojan prince loved by Aurora, who won him immortality but not eternal youth, so that he withered endlessly with age.
Reading notes
- The Loves §1.13 Tithonus
Aurora's husband, granted immortality without youth, so he withers endlessly; she flees his age for younger lovers.
- The Heroides §16 Aurora's husband
Tithonus, the Trojan carried off by the dawn-goddess Aurora.
- The Festivals §4.28 the brother of Phrygian Assaracus
Tithonus, the aged consort of Aurora, here named obliquely as kin of the Trojan house.
- The Festivals §11 Tithonus
Aged husband of Aurora (Dawn); 'the bride leaving Tithonus' is Dawn rising.