Tithonus
Eos pursues Tithonos. Achilles painter : Attic red-figure oinochoe, 470–460 BC Chr.
Tithonos ( Greek Τιθωνός ) is a son of the Trojan king Laomedon in Greek mythology .
Together with Eos , the goddess of the dawn, he had the son Memnon . Tithonus was so loved by Eos that, in order to please him, she asked the reluctant Zeus to give Tithonos eternal life. This was granted to her. Since she - unlike the angry Zeus - had overlooked at the same time asking for eternal youth for Tithonus, he grew older and older and finally shrank (according to Ovid ) so much that in the end only his screeching, shrill voice remained and he to Cicada was.
See also
literature
- Hans von Geisau: Tithonos. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 5, Stuttgart 1975, Col. 869-869.
Web links
Commons : Tithonus - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Tithonos in the Greek Myth Index (English)