00:11One day, when you wake up and look in the mirror, only to see wrinkles, appearing on your skin, when
00:18you realize you've lost the agility of your youth, when your memory begins to fail you, there, you will know,
00:25that you have been visited, by Geras.
00:30In Greek mythology, Geras was the god and personification of old age. A total opposite to Hebe, the goddess of
00:37youth. Known as Senectus, among the Romans, he was the son of the night, Nix, and the darkness, Erebus. He
00:46often appeared as an old and shriveled up man, holding a staff in his hands.
00:51Geras was a wise spirit, the spirit of excellence, who gifted mankind with the wisdom of old age, the sageness,
00:59the insight, the serenity, the prudence, that comes with age.
01:04The more Geras a man acquired, the more fame, and excellence, he had.
01:10But at the same time, Geras was a loathsome god, a dreaded spirit, who also brought to mankind, the unpleasantness,
01:19and difficulties of old age.
01:21When the loathsome old age, Geras, presses fully upon a man, a man could not move, nor lift his limbs.
01:29He brought forth the wrinkles, the sagging bodies, and the frustrating forgetfulness.
01:35Harsh old age, Geras, waits for every child, the born, and yet to be born. He will enshroud every man,
01:43every woman, the rich and the poor, the attractive and the ugly, the intelligent and the ignorant.
01:48No man, is exempted from Geras. He brings Thanatos, the spirit of death, right to your doorstep.
01:57He is the ruthless age, which stands someday, at the side of every man, deadly, wearying, dreaded, even by the
02:06gods.
02:07Alas, Geras, is both a blessing, and a curse, to mankind.
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