| Geras | |
|---|---|
Personification of Old age | |
 Geras, detail of an Attic red-figure pelike, c. 480–470 BC, Louvre | |
| Abode | Erebus |
| Parents | Erebus[1] and Nyx[2] |
| Equivalents | |
| Roman | Senectus |
In Greek mythology, Geras /ˈdʒɪərəs/ (Ancient Greek: Γῆρας, romanized: Gễras), also written Gēras, was the god of old age. He was depicted as a tiny, shriveled old man. Gēras's opposite was Hebe, the goddess of youth. His Roman equivalent was Senectus.[3] He is known primarily from vase depictions that show him with the hero Heracles; the mythic story that inspired these depictions has been lost.
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae Preface; Cicero, De Natura Deorum 3.17
- ^ Hesiod, Theogony 225
- ^ "Collections Online | British Museum". www.britishmuseum.org. Retrieved 2024-04-30.