[The goddess Aphrodite speaks to her mortal Dardanian lover Anchises...]
“So, too, golden-throned Eos abducted Tithonos, one of your own race, who resembled the immortals. She went to ask Kronion, lord of dark clouds, that he should be immortal and live forever. And Zeus nodded assent to her and fulfilled her wish. Mighty Eos was too foolish to think of asking youth for him and to strip him of baneful old age. Indeed, so long as much-coveted youth was his, he took his delight in early-born, golden-throned Eos, and dwelt by the stream of Okeanos at the ends of the earth. But when the first gray hairs began to flow down from his comely head and noble chin, mighty Eos did refrain from his bed, though she kept him in her house and pampered him with food and ambrosia and gifts of fine clothing. But when detested old age weighed heavy on him and he could move or lift none of his limbs, this is the counsel that to her seemed best in her heart: she placed him in a chamber and shut its shining doors. His voice flows endlessly and there is no strength, such as there was before, in his crooked limbs. If this were to be your lot among immortals, I should not choose for you immortality and eternal life. But should you live on such as you now are in looks and build, and be called my husband, then no grief would enfold my prudent heart.”