In Greek mythology, Tithonus was a Trojan by birth, the son of King Laomedon of Troy by a water nymph named Strymo ("harsh"). Eos, the Greek goddess of the dawn, abducted Ganymede and Tithonus from the royal … See more

The title of After Many a Summer, a novel by Aldous Huxley originally published in 1939 and retitled After Many a Summer Dies the Swan when published in the USA, is taken from … See more

1. ^ Aurora was the Roman equivalent of Eos. In Roman mythology, it is Zeus's Roman equivalent Jupiter who grants Tithonus immortality on her asking.
2. ^ This story is imbedded in the Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite. Anchises was another Trojan who was … See more

The poem begins with Tithonus speaking to Eos "at the quiet limit of the world" (line 7) where he lives with her. Confronted with old age and its … See more

The first version of "Tithonus" was one of four poems ("Morte d'Arthur", "Ulysses", and "Tiresias") which were written by Tennyson following the death of his friend, Arthur Henry Hallam. His death greatly influenced much of Tennyson's later poetry. According to … See more

• Tennyson, Hallam. Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir by His Son. Kessinger Publishing, 1899. ISBN 0-7661-8373-4
• Campbell, Matthew. Rhythm & Will in Victorian Poetry. Cambridge University Press, 1999. ISBN 0-521-64295-7 See more

• Alfred Tennyson's "Tithonus" from The Victorian Web
• The Setting of "Tithonus" from The Victorian Web
• Balancing Passion and Reason in Tennyson's "Tithonus" and Jane Eyre from The Victorian Web See more