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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 and Thanatos transported the body to Sarpedon’s home in Lycia for a proper burial The so-called “Euphronios Krater,” an Attic red-figure calyx-krater signed by Euxitheos (potter) and Euphronios (painter) showing Hypnos (left) and Thanatos (right) carrying away the body of Sarpedon (center bottom) as Hermes (center top) presides
- 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
- Tartarus – Mythopedia
In addition to imprisoned monsters and sinners, Tartarus was inhabited by a handful of grim gods associated with the Underworld, including Nyx (“Night”), Hemera (“Day”), Hypnos (“Sleep”), Thanatos (“Death”), Hades, and Persephone Family According to Hesiod’s Theogony, Tartarus did not have any parents
- Alcestis (daughter of Pelias) - Mythopedia
With the bargain struck, Thanatos, the personification of death, carried her off to the Underworld But Alcestis did not stay in the Underworld for long In some versions, Heracles (another one of Admetus’ powerful friends) wrestled Alcestis back from Thanatos [11]
- Erebus - Mythopedia
According to Hesiod, Nyx went on to have many more children on her own, without the help of her consort Erebus (among them the grim personifications Nemesis, Thanatos, and the Moirae) According to other sources, however, Erebus was the father of these children as well (see above)
- Moirae (Fates) - Mythopedia
Overview The Moirae, also known as the “Fates,” were the goddesses who personified the Greek concept of μοῖρα (moîra, “fate” or “allotment”)
- Nyx - Mythopedia
The Cypselus Chest, a celebrated ancient artifact known today only from ancient descriptions, represented a maternal Nyx cradling her children Hypnos (“Sleep”) and Thanatos (“Death”) She appears relatively rarely in ancient art, and is often difficult to identify because of her resemblance to other celestial goddesses such as Eos and
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