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The Old Guard: Confronting America’s gerontocratic crisis

Samuel Myon in Harper’s Magazine: In Greek myth, Eos falls in love with Tithonus. She is the goddess of the dawn. He is a Trojan prince, yet still a mere mortal.

He is a Trojan prince, yet still a mere mortal. Eos asks Zeus to give her mate the gift of eternal life—­but, foolishly, she forgets to ask for eternal youth too. Tithonus never dies; he.

Tithonus never dies; he.

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