2023年1月6日 · 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 …

2023年1月27日 · 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 …

2023年3月8日 · 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 …

2023年3月11日 · 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, …

2023年3月9日 · 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”), …

2022年11月29日 · Overview. Ancient Greek mythology contained a small pantheon of gods associated with death and the Underworld. Their ruler was Hades, elder brother of Zeus and …

2023年3月9日 · 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, …

2023年3月9日 · The Cypselus Chest, a celebrated ancient artifact known today only from ancient descriptions, represented a maternal Nyx cradling her children Hypnos (“Sleep”) and Thanatos …

2023年3月9日 · Overview. The Moirae, also known as the “Fates,” were the goddesses who personified the Greek concept of μοῖρα (moîra, “fate” or “allotment”).

2023年3月17日 · The Morrígan was an Irish goddess of death, destiny, and battle. A trio of sisters who could take the form of a single goddess, she was the keeper of fate and a purveyor of …