Tithonus
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In Greek mythology, Tithonus was the lover of Eos, Goddess of the Dawn. He was a prince of Troy, the son of King Laomedon by the Naiad Strymo. The mythology reflected by the fifth-century vase-painter
Attic red-figure kylix with Eos and Tithonus, 5th century BC (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
Eos pursues the reluctant Tithonus, who holds a lyre, on an Attic oinochoe of the Achilles Painter, c. 470–460 BC (Louvre).
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Apollo and Daphne
Aurora (mythology)
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In Roman mythology, Aurora is the goddess and personification of the dawn. Aurora is the Latin word for dawn, and she appeared frequently in Latin literature.
Tithonus
…a dramatic monologue in blank verse from the point of view of Tithonus. Unlike the original myth, it is Tithonus who asks for immortality, and it is Aurora, not Zeus, who grants this imperfect gift. As narrator, Tithonus laments his unnatural longevity, which separates him from the mortal world as well as…
L'Aurore by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1881)
Aurora and Cephalus, 1733, by François Boucher
Aurora Taking Leave of Tithonus 1704, by Francesco Solimena
Apollo and Aurora, 1671 by Gerard de Lairesse