Weary of aged Tithon’s saffron-bed.
Spenser, Faëry Queen, I. ii. 7 (1500).
... thinner than Tithōnus was
Before he faded into air.
Lord Lytton, Tales of Milētus, ii.
Tithonus (The Consort of), the dawn.
Now the fair consort of Tithonus old,
Arisen from her mate’s beloved arms,
Looked palely o’er the eastern cliff.
Dantê, Purgatory, ix. (1308).