Geras

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 equivalent	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.