Tithonus’s Family Tree

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Family

• Eos(spouse),Memnon(child)— Consort

  Memnon was born to Eos, goddess of the dawn, and the Trojan prince Tithonus. Through his father, Memnon was kin to the Trojan royal house and came to their aid in the war.

• Laomedon(parent),Priam(sibling)

  Laomedon, king of Troy, fathered both Tithonus and Priam. Tithonus was carried off by Eos before the fall of the first Troy, while Priam survived Heracles' sack of the city and rebuilt the kingdom.

Associated with

• Memnon

  Tithonus was Memnon's father and a prince of Troy. Through this lineage, Memnon was kin to Priam and came to aid the Trojans in the war against the Greeks.

• Zeus

  Eos begged Zeus to grant Tithonus immortality so they could be together forever. Zeus obliged, but Eos forgot to ask for eternal youth, and Tithonus aged endlessly until he shriveled into a cicada.