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[[File:Hermes e Sarpedon.jpg|thumb|Hypnos (left) and Thanatos (right) carrying dead Sarpedon, while Hermes watches. Inscriptions in ancient Greek read | [[File:Hermes e Sarpedon.jpg|thumb|Hypnos (left) and Thanatos (right) carrying dead Sarpedon, while Hermes watches. Inscriptions in ancient Greek read ΥΠΝΟΣ-ΕΡΜΗΣ-ΘΑΝΑΤΟΣ (here written vice versa). Attic red-figured calyx-krater, 515 BC.]] | ||
In Greek mythology, Thanatos (/ˈθænətɒs/; Ancient Greek: [[Θάνατος]], pronounced in Ancient Greek: "Death", from [[θνῄσκω]] thnēskō "to die, be dying") was the personification of death. He was a minor figure in Greek mythology, often referred to but rarely appearing in person. | In Greek mythology, Thanatos (/ˈθænətɒs/; Ancient Greek: [[Θάνατος]], pronounced in Ancient Greek: "Death", from [[θνῄσκω]] thnēskō "to die, be dying") was the personification of death. He was a minor figure in Greek mythology, often referred to but rarely appearing in person. | ||