Motif
Immortality without eternal youth
immortality_without_eternal_youth
A motif of the Immortality Without Renewal family, within the sub-family Immortality Without Preserved Youth. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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greek roman
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Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome APHRODITE (VENUS). / VENUS. / HELIOS (SOL). / EOS (AURORA).; lines 2159-2198 confidence: high
Eos later unites with Tithonus, son of Laomedon, asks Zeus to grant him immortality but forgets eternal youth; Tithonus ages, loses beauty, is shut in a chamber, and is reduced nearly to voice alone.
Tithonus cannot die but continues to age, loses beauty, and is confined with little left but his voice.
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