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Δίωκε δόξην καὶ ἀρετήν, φεῦγε δὲ ψόγον → Virtutem sequere et laudem, fuge famam malam → Verfolge Ruhm und Tüchtigkeit, doch Tadel flieh
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English (LSJ)
ὁ, Tithonus, brother of Priam, husband of Eos, and father of Memnon, Il.11.1, 20.237, Hes.Th.984. etc.: metaph. of a decrepit old man, because, as the tale went, Eos begged Zeus to grant immortality to Tithonus, but forgot to ask for eternal youth, Ar.Ach.688, Call.Iamb.1.249: prov. of great old age,
A ὑπὲρ τὸν Τ. ζῆν Luc.DMort.7.1.
