", Euripides, Alcestis 1140 ff : Ker], Continentia (Moderation), Somnus (Sleep), Somnia (Dreams), Amor (Love)--that is Lysimeles, Epiphron (Prudence), Porphyrion, Epaphus, Discordia (Discord), Miseria (Misery), Petulantia (Wantonness), Nemesis (Envy), Euphrosyne (Good Cheer), Amicitia (Friendship), Misericordia (Compassion), Styx (Hatred); the three Parcae (Fates), namely Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos; the Hesperides." 1. See Also: Hades, Nyx, Erebos, Hypnos, Eris, Nemesis, Thanatos: GreekMythology.com - Oct 02, 2020, Greek Mythology iOS Volume Purchase Program VPP for Education App.

v. 18. 480), and was thus applied to Apollo and Thanatos, or Death, who are conceived as delivering men from the pains and sorrows of life. Thanatos : You mean to take her body, too, away from me? He did not play a major part in Greek mythology and rarely appeared in any stories, as he was mostly displaced by Hades, the god of the Underworld. ", Seneca, Medea 740 ff : Mair) (Greek poetry C5th to C6th A.D.) : Taylor) (Greek hymns C3rd B.C. "Funereal gods, murky Chaos and shadowy Dis' [Haides'] dark dwelling-place, the abysses of dismal Mors (Death) [Thanatos], girt by the banks of Tartarus. THA′NATOS (Thanatos), Latin Mors, a personification of Death. : Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 3. Another time he was captured by the criminal Sisyphos (Sisyphus) who trapped him in a sack so as to avoid death. ", Statius, Thebaid 4.

672, xiv. You at this house, Phoibos (Phoebus)?

Type: God Campbell, Vol. And here is Thanatos (Death) himself, I see him coming, Thanatos who dedicates the dying, who will lead her down to the house of Hades. ", Alcaeus, Fragment 38a (trans.

Thanatos : Those who could afford to buy a late death would buy it then. : Aeschylus, Fragment 141 Philoctetes (from Stobaeus, Anthology 4. I step therefore from these chambers dearest to my love. "[Drought and pestilence ravage the city of Thebes :] They have burst the bars of abysmal Erebus, the throng of sisters with Tartarean torch [the Erinyes], and Phlegethon, changing his own course, has mingled Styx with our Sidonian streams [i.e. (Comp. Gibbs) (Greek fable C6th B.C.) Apollon : But he is my friend, and his misfortunes trouble me.

1 (trans. Greek Lyric I) (Greek lyric C7th B.C.)

1 : Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 5. Talking will win you nothing. The darkness creeps over my eyes. And I shall take her down where the dead are. ii. Apollon : I never took his body away from you by force. Virg. Miller) (Roman tragedy C1st A.D.) : Seneca, Oedipus 647 ff (trans. "King Sisyphos (Sisyphus), son of Aiolos (Aeolus), wisest of men, supposed that he was master of Thanatos (Death); but despite his cunning he crossed eddying Akheron (Acheron) twice at at fate's command. 51.

In Latin Thanatos is translated as Mors, and Ker (the other death daimon) as Letum. In a myth, Thanatos was told by Zeus to chain King Sisyphus in the Underworld, as it was time for him to die. .

2.1.58, Servius on Aeneid 11.197, Lucan 6.600, Virgil Aeneid 11.187. "Nyx (Night) carries Hypnos in her arms, and he is Thanatos' (Death's) brother . 453 ff (trans.

. Thanatos : If you mean fairly, what are you doing with a bow? Fairclough) (Roman bucolic C1st B.C.)

: Conybeare) (Greek biography C1st to C2nd A.D.) : . That’s much more pleasant, isn’t it? "Abodes of Tartarus and awful realm of insatiable Mors (Death) [Thanatos], and thou, most cruel of the brothers [Haides], to whom the Shades are given to serve thee. Wilson) (Greek rhetorician C2nd to 3rd A.D.) : 67 ff (trans. Campbell, Vol. Please mention Godchecker.com when praying to the Gods. Violent death was the domain of Thanatos' blood-craving sisters, the Keres, spirits of slaughter and disease. . 32) : Aristophanes, Birds 1360 ff (trans. 453 ff (trans. Chorus : How could a person both be dead and live and see? : Bacchylides, Fragment 20e (trans. Here Haides is Thanatos. "[The wounded Philoktetes (Philoctetes) laments :] ‘O Death (thanatos), the healer (paian), reject me not, but come! ", Seneca, Oedipus 124 ff : 1068)

And he himself with hastening steps shall long to flee our kingdom, but I will set wearisome delays before his feet and hold him back. O'Neill) (Greek comedy C5th to 4th B.C.) Do we sell Thanatos graphic novels, books, video or role-playing games (RPG)? 18. Each hour a new train moves on to Mors (Death) [Thanatos]; the long array of a mournful band hastes to the shades; the gloomy procession jams, and for the throng that seeks burial the seven gates spread not wide enough. 51. (Copyright notice.) Greek Lyric IV) (Greek lyric C5th B.C.) Apollon : I know it: hateful to mankind, loathed by the gods.

And don’t forget, he may be a God of Death but his mommy Nyx loves him just the same. Shewring) (Greek epic C8th B.C.) 1127 ff : He has been watching for this day on which her death falls due. Fairclough) (Roman epic C1st B.C.)

and represented Death under a more pleasing aspect. After a while he was feeling faint, so he sat down by the side of the road. 34 (trans. . . "A poor man was carrying a load of wood on his shoulders.

: Sacrifices were sometimes offered to Thanatos but he possessed no temples. ], Cicero, De Natura Deorum 3. Minis (Threatenings) innumerable make clamour in the court, sullen Virtus (Valour) stands in the midst, and Furor (Rage) [Lyssa] exultant and armed Mors (Death) [Thanatos] with blood-stained visage are seated there; no blood but that of wars is on the altars, no fire but snatched from burning cities. . ", Seneca, Hercules Furens 554 ff (trans. Herakles : You are not allowed to hear her speak to you until her obligations to the gods who live below are washed away. Chorus : There is no hope left she will live? 1) (trans. : Apollon leaves. There are traces of sacrifices having been offered to Death (Serv. now come to my aid with mightier influence, most like thy brother Letum (Death) [Thanatos]. ", Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 5. . 1. ", Statius, Thebaid 5. 492 (trans. "Pleasant lives droop and fail, Mors (Death) [Thanatos] with his sword cuts through the Sister's [Moirai's, Fates] threads, and hurries the stricken city to the shades. 78 in Müller, Fragmenta Historicum Graecorum) Sisyphos made known to Asopos that it was Zeus who had carried off his daughter Aigina; in punishment for which offence the god sent Thanatos (Death) against the babbler; but Sisyphos bound Thanatos (Death) fast, so that men ceased to die, until Ares came to the rescue, released Thanatos, and gave Sisyphos into his power. 231.) . ", Bacchylides, Fragment 13 (trans. 527 ff : to 2nd A.D.) : Aelian, Historical Miscellany 2. "And Nyx (Night) bare hateful Moros (Doom) and black Ker (Violent Death) and Thanatos (Death), and she bare Hypnos (Sleep) and the tribe of Oneiroi (Dreams). § 2 ; Eurip. Tyr. . His name is transliterated in Latin as Thanatus, but his equivalent in Roman mythology is Mors or Letus/Letum. "The bravest of wives [Alkestis, is] fading in sickness and doomed to Haides Khthonios (Chthonius, of the world below). Godchecker™ is a trade mark used under license. Apollon : What is this? .