Geras

Geras
Personification of Old age
Geras, detail of an Attic red-figure pelike, c. 480–470 BC, Louvre
Abode	Erebus
Parents	Nyx alone or Erebus and Nyx

In Greek mythology, Geras /ˈdʒɪərəs/ (Ancient Greek: Γῆρας, romanized: Gêras, lit. 'old age') is the god of old age. He was typically depicted as a tiny, shriveled old man. Gēras's opposite was Hebe, the goddess of youth. In Latin, he is referred to as Senectus.^[1] He is known primarily from vase depictions that show him with the hero Heracles; the mythic story that inspired these depictions has been lost. Otherwise, Geras has a very limited role in both religion and mythology.