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- Thanatos – Mythopedia
Thanatos, son of Nyx and twin brother of Hypnos, was the divine personification of death Hated by gods and mortals alike, Thanatos could be outwitted or overpowered at times, but he always won out in the end
- Hypnos – Mythopedia
Hypnos, son of Nyx and twin brother of Thanatos, was the divine personification of sleep A handsome winged god who could be gentle as well as hostile, Hypnos was imagined flying across the world, bringing sleep to all living things
- Alcestis (Play) – Mythopedia
Thanatos, the divine personification of death, enters and explains that he has come to claim Alcestis Apollo fails to convince Thanatos to spare the poor woman, but before he departs, Apollo hints that Heracles will ultimately take Alcestis from Thanatos by force As Apollo and Thanatos exit, the Chorus, made up of men from Pherae, arrives on
- Alcestis (daughter of Pelias) – Mythopedia
Alcestis was a beautiful and virtuous Greek princess who married the Thessalian king Admetus When Admetus learned that it was time for him to die, Alcestis volunteered to die in his place
- Nyx – Mythopedia
Nyx, daughter of Chaos and personification of the night, was among the first Greek gods of the cosmos She bore numerous children, both with her brother-consort Erebus as well as on her own, representing various personifications and abstractions
- Tartarus – Mythopedia
Tartarus was a primordial deity and the embodiment of the deepest, darkest part of the Underworld With Gaia, the personification of the earth, he fathered the terrible monster Typhoeus
- Erebus – Mythopedia
Erebus, son of Chaos and personification of darkness, was one of the first gods that populated the cosmos Together with his sister-consort Nyx, Erebus fathered numerous children, representing various personifications and abstractions
- Greek Underworld Gods – Mythopedia
The Greek Underworld gods comprised the various deities associated with death and the afterlife Perhaps the most important of these gods were Hades and Persephone, the king and queen of the Underworld
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