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Tithonum: he was made immortal, but not having been given eternal youth withered away in extreme decrepitude; cf. 1.28.8; Mimnermus, fr. 4; Hom. Hymn in Ven. 220. As type of old age, Aristoph. Acharn. 688; Otto, p.349. minuit: cf. Tenn. Tithonus, 'I wither slowly in thine arms.' Gray, 'slow-consuming age.' But longa here = unending, as 3. 11. 38; 2.14.19.


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