Geras, detail of an Attic red-figure pelike, ca. 480 BC–470 BC, Louvre

In Greek mythology, Geras (Greek Γῆρας) was the personification of old age. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1260x1880, 1842 KB) Description Description: Geras, son of Nyx and the personification of old age, detail of an Attic red-figure pelike by the Geras Painter, ca. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1260x1880, 1842 KB) Description Description: Geras, son of Nyx and the personification of old age, detail of an Attic red-figure pelike by the Geras Painter, ca. ... I.M. Peis Louvre Pyramid: the entrance to the galleries lies below the glass pyramid The Louvre Museum (Musée du Louvre, pronounced in French) in Paris, France, is one of the largest and most famous museums in the world. ... Perseus with the head of Medusa. ... Hans Baldung Grien: The Ages And Death, c. ...

According to Hesiod (Theogony, 225) he was a son of Nyx. Hyginus (Preface) adds that his father was Erebus. He was depicted as a tiny shrivelled up old man. Geras' opposite was Hebe the goddess of youth. His Roman equivalent was Senectus. He is known primarily from vase depictions that show him with the hero Heracles; unfortunately, the mythic story that inspired these depictions has been entirely lost. Hesiod (Hesiodos, ), the early Greek poet and rhapsode, presumably lived around 700 BC. Historians have debated the priority of Hesiod or of Homer, and some authors have even brought them together in an imagined poetic contest. ... This article is about the comic book series. ... Gaius Julius Hyginus, (c. ... In Greek mythology, Erebus, or Érebos was a primordial god, the personification of darkness, offspring of Chaos alone. ... Hebe is a word with multiple meanings: In Greek mythology, Hebe was the goddess of youth. ... Roman mythology, the mythological beliefs of the people of Ancient Rome, can be considered as having two parts. ... Hercules, a Roman bronze (Louvre Museum In Greek mythology, Heracles, or Heraklês (glory of Hera, Ἡρα + κλέος, ) was a divine hero, the son of Zeus and Alcmene, stepson of Amphitryon and great-grandson of Perseus. ...

See also

• Hesiod's Theogony

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