3 Quarks Daily • 4/20/2026

The article titled "The Old Guard: Confronting America’s gerontocratic crisis" by Samuel Myon in Harper’s Magazine references a Greek myth involving Eos, the goddess of the dawn, and Tithonus, a Trojan prince. Eos falls in love with Tithonus and asks Zeus to grant him eternal life, but she forgets to request eternal youth, resulting in Tithonus living forever without youth.
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