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What is the oldest work to have this trope?

This trope is prehistoric. TVTropes catalogues it as Who Wants To Live Forever?, from which I draw the following example.

Greek mythology held that Eos, the goddess of the dawn, once asked Zeus to make her mortal lover Tithonus, a mortal man, immortal, but Eos neglected to specify that he should remain eternally young as well. To Eos's regret, Tithonus grew older and older, shriveling away in his age; in some tellings, this ledcaused him to eventually turn into a cicada.

(TVTropes catalogues this trope as Who Wants To Live Forever?. I drew the preceding example from there.)

What is the oldest work to have this trope?

This trope is prehistoric. TVTropes catalogues it as Who Wants To Live Forever?, from which I draw the following example.

Greek mythology held that Eos, the goddess of the dawn, once asked Zeus to make her lover Tithonus, a mortal man, immortal, but Eos neglected to specify that he should remain eternally young as well. To Eos's regret, Tithonus grew older and older, shriveling away in his age; in some tellings, this led him to eventually turn into a cicada.

What is the oldest work to have this trope?

This trope is prehistoric.

Greek mythology held that Eos, the goddess of the dawn, once asked Zeus to make her mortal lover Tithonus immortal, but Eos neglected to specify that he should remain eternally young as well. To Eos's regret, Tithonus grew older and older, shriveling away in his age; in some tellings, this caused him to eventually turn into a cicada.

(TVTropes catalogues this trope as Who Wants To Live Forever?. I drew the preceding example from there.)

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What is the oldest work to have this trope?

This trope is prehistoric. TVTropes catalogues it as Who Wants To Live Forever?, from which I draw thisthe following example.

The Greek myth of Tithonus is one early example --mythology held that Eos (the, the goddess of the dawn), once asked Zeus to make her lover Tithonus (a, a mortal man), immortal, but Eos neglected to specify that he should remain eternally young as well. To Eos's regret, Tithonus grew older and older, shriveling away in his age; in some tellings, this eventually turnedled him to eventually turn into a cicada.

What is the oldest work to have this trope?

This trope is prehistoric. TVTropes catalogues it as Who Wants To Live Forever?, from which I draw this example.

The Greek myth of Tithonus is one early example -- Eos (the goddess of the dawn) asked Zeus to make her lover Tithonus (a mortal man) immortal, but neglected to specify that he should remain eternally young as well. To Eos's regret, Tithonus grew older and older, shriveling away in his age; in some tellings, this eventually turned him into a cicada.

What is the oldest work to have this trope?

This trope is prehistoric. TVTropes catalogues it as Who Wants To Live Forever?, from which I draw the following example.

Greek mythology held that Eos, the goddess of the dawn, once asked Zeus to make her lover Tithonus, a mortal man, immortal, but Eos neglected to specify that he should remain eternally young as well. To Eos's regret, Tithonus grew older and older, shriveling away in his age; in some tellings, this led him to eventually turn into a cicada.

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What is the oldest work to have this trope?

This trope is prehistoric. TVTropes catalogues it as Who Wants To Live Forever?, from which I draw this example.

The Greek myth of Tithonus is one early example -- Eos (the goddess of the dawn) asked Zeus to make her lover Tithonus (a mortal man) immortal, but neglected to specify that he should remain eternally young as well. To Eos's regret, Tithonus grew older and older, shriveling away in his age; in some tellings, this eventually turned him into a cicada.