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Odin2005

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2. The Ancient Greek myth of Tithonius comes to mind.
Fri Dec 14, 2012, 10:11 AM
Dec 2012

He falls in love with the goddess Eos, and she begs Zeus to give Tithonius immortality. He gets it, but she forgot to ask for eternal youth, too.

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