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  • Artist Info: In Greek mythology, Thanatos was the god who personified death. He appears in the Theogony of Hesiod as the son of Nyx (Night):<br />
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    Thanatos<br />
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    The Greek personification of death who dwells in the lower world. In the Iliad he appears as the twin brother of Hypnos ("sleep" wink . Both brothers had little to no meaning in the cults. Hesiod makes these two spirits the sons of Nyx, but mentions no father. <br />
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    Thanatos was portrayed as a youngster with a inversed torch in one hand and a wreath or butterfly in the other. He appears, with Hypnos, several times on Attican funerary vases, so-called lekythen. On a sculpted column in the Temple of Artemis at Ephese (4th century BCE) Thanatos is shown with two large wings and a sword attached to his girdle. <br />
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    Thanatos is also linked to Artemis as her executioner. Though there are some who say this Thanatos is different from the Greek god. It is believed that her executioner is a former Daimon, but no one other than Artemis knows for sure. <br />
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