Thanătos
(
Θάνατος). The Greek god of death identified by the Romans
with Mors. Homer describes him as the brother of Sleep, and Hesiod calls him the son of Night
(
Theog. 211, 756) and says that he dwells in the lower world. In the best
period of Greek art, both Death and Sleep were represented as youths either asleep or with
inverted torches (
Verg. Aen. vi. 224). See
Somnus.