Tithonus
| Tithonus | |
|---|---|
Attic red-figure kylix with Eos and Tithonus, 5th century BC (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) | |
| Genealogy | |
| Parents | Laomedon of Troy and Strymo |
| Siblings | Priam, Lampus, Hicetaon, Clytius, Hesione, Cilla, Astyoche, Proclia, Aethilla, Clytodora |
| Consort | Eos |
| Children | Memnon, Emathion |
In Greek mythology, Tithonus (/tɪˈθoʊnəs/ or /taɪ-/; Ancient Greek: Τιθωνός, romanized: Tithonos) was the lover of Eos, Goddess of the Dawn. He was a prince of Troy, the son of King Laomedon by the Naiad Strymo (Στρυμώ). 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.
An asteroid (6998) has been named after Tithonus.