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ArchivesDoes anyone know the meaning of Tithonus?
I believe it is Latin, but it may be Greek. I'm not sure if it is a personal name or not.
"It's the job that is never started that takes the longest to finish." - J.R.R. Tolkien
http://www.babynames.com/namelist/9415432
"It's the job that is never started that takes the longest to finish." - J.R.R. Tolkien
http://www.babynames.com/namelist/9415432
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Tithonus is the Latinized form of Tithonos from Greek Mythology.
This lists a possible meaning and the only one I've come across:
http://www.etymologica.com/page20.htm
This lists a possible meaning and the only one I've come across:
http://www.etymologica.com/page20.htm
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Thanks :)
The site is very helpful. I've just started reading Greek plays and I think it will be a great tool for that too.
The site is very helpful. I've just started reading Greek plays and I think it will be a great tool for that too.
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...provided I get my ass moving and start updating it already!
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Good to see you on the board again ... welcome back!
So Tithonos has nothing to do with grasshoppers, then? I've always wondered, because so often there's a pun, often a name pun, at the root of the transformation stories. Interesting! (Can't think of any examples right now, of course: Sod's Law kicking in as usual.)
So Tithonos has nothing to do with grasshoppers, then? I've always wondered, because so often there's a pun, often a name pun, at the root of the transformation stories. Interesting! (Can't think of any examples right now, of course: Sod's Law kicking in as usual.)
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