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|Definition=ὁ, <span class="title">Tithonus</span>, brother of Priam, husband of Eos, and father of Memnon, <span class="bibl">Il.11.1</span>, <span class="bibl">20.237</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>984</span>. 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, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>688</span>, <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Iamb.</span>1.249</span>: prov. of great old age, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ὑπὲρ τὸν Τ. ζῆν <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">DMort.</span>7.1</span>.</span>
|Definition=ὁ, <span class="title">Tithonus</span>, brother of Priam, husband of Eos, and father of Memnon, <span class="bibl">Il.11.1</span>, <span class="bibl">20.237</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>984</span>. 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, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>688</span>, <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Iamb.</span>1.249</span>: prov. of great old age, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ὑπὲρ τὸν Τ. ζῆν <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">DMort.</span>7.1</span>.</span>
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|lstext='''Τῑθωνός''': ὁ, υἱὸς τοῦ Λαομέδοντος καὶ ἀδελφὸς τοῦ Πριάμου, ἡρπάγη δὲ διὰ τὸ [[κάλλος]] [[αὐτοῦ]] ὑπὸ τῆς Ἠοῦς, ἥτις ἔσχεν ἐξ [[αὐτοῦ]] υἱοὺς τὸν Ἠμαθίωνα καὶ τὸν Μέμνονα, καὶ ζητήσασα παρὰ τῶν θεῶν [[ὑπὲρ]] [[αὐτοῦ]] ἀθανασίαν ἐπέτυχεν, ἀλλ’ ἐλησμόνησε νὰ ζητήσῃ καὶ αἰωνίαν νεότητα· ὁ Τιθωνὸς ἐγένετο ὑπεργήρως, δι’ ὃ σπλαγχνισθέντες αὐτὸν οἱ θεοὶ μετέβαλον εἰς τέττιγα, Ἰλ. Υ., Ἡσ. Θεογ. 984, κλπ. - μεταφ., ἐπὶ γέροντος ἀδυνάτου καὶ ἐξησθενημένου, Ἀριστοφ. Ἀχ. 688· [[παροιμία]] ἐπὶ [[μεγάλης]] ἡλικίας, [[ὑπὲρ]] τὸν Τιθωνὸν ζῆν Λουκ. Νεκρ. Διάλ. 7. 1· ὁ Τιθωνὸς ὡς [[σύζυγος]] τῆς Ἠοῦς παριστάνει [[ἴσως]] τὴν θνήσκουσαν ἡμέραν, Μ. Müller Sc. of Lang. 2, σ. 11.
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