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I'd guess that the race of senile immortals in Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" comes from this myth as well.

Elettaria ( talk) 22:57, 15 September 2009 (UTC) reply

Surely there should be some mention of the moral of this story?; 'be careful what you wish for', 'think through the consequences', 'be clear, and logical' etc. Many greek myths have an underlying lesson and there are very many references explaining them this article https://literaryocean.com/bring-out-the-moral-aspect-of-the-poem-tithonus-by-tennyson/ is about a poem by Tennyson exploring the moral of the tale Adagio67 ( talk) 10:57, 10 April 2022 (UTC) reply