Tithonus
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For other uses, see Tithonus (disambiguation).
In Greek mythology, Tithonus (/tɪˈθoʊnəs/ or /taɪ-/; Ancient Greek: Τιθωνός, romanized: Tithonos) was the lover of Eos, Goddess of the Dawn.[lower-roman 1] He was a prince of Troy, the son of King Laomedon by the Naiad Strymo (Στρυμώ).[lower-roman 2] The mythology reflected by the fifth-century vase-painters of Athens envisaged Tithonus as a rhapsode, as attested by the lyre in his hand, on an oinochoe (wine jug) of the Achilles Painter, circa 470–460 BC.
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Parents | Laomedon of Troy and Strymo |
Siblings | Priam, Lampus, Hicetaon, Clytius, Hesione, Cilla, Astyoche, Proclia, Aethilla, Clytodora |
Consort | Eos |
Children | Memnon, Emathion |
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An asteroid (6998) has been named after Tithonus.