Hours
deity single tradition · 1
The Hours are entities that aged Tithonus, causing his youth and beauty to fade away. They are described as strong and indignant, working their wills to beat down, mar, and waste Tithonus.
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 1842
- Historical notes
- Appears in Tennyson's 1833 poem, revised 1842.
Relationships
- enemy of
- Tithonus
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“Though she carelessly granted him immortality at his asking, he could not escape the ravages of time. The Hours aged him and his youth and beauty faded away−-"But thy strong Hours indignant work'd their wills / And beat me down and marr'd and wasted me" (18–19).”
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