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Tithonus

also: Tithono

Mythical Trojan prince granted immortality by Eos (Dawn) but not eternal youth, so that he withered endlessly; the title figure of Aristo of Ceos's dialogue on old age, which Cicero declines to imitate.

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Cato the Elder, On Old Age philosophy · 1 mention

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