There is also an Orphic Hymn dedicated to Thanatos. 120-125 CE) thought was odd, as he mentions in his Life of Cleomenes. Thanatos did not have a cult established in his honour, but there was a temple dedicated to him in Sparta, along with temples dedicated to Gelos (Laughter) and Phobos (Fear), a practice that the Greek writer Plutarch (c. Hercules tells him that he fought Thanatos beside Alcestis' tomb to get her back. He finds out that the woman under the veil is none other than Alcestis, to his surprise and joy. Admetus is adamant that he does not want to disrespect Alcestis by taking a new wife but eventually accepts his friend's offer. Hercules returns to the palace with a woman covered in a veil and introduces her to Admetus as his new wife. He decides to confront Thanatos when the funerary sacrifices are made at Alcestis' tomb and force him to give Alcestis back. Hercules is shocked and angry that his friend lied to him. Finally, one snaps and tells Hercules that Alcestis has died. As Hercules gets drunker and drunker, his behaviour irritates the servants, who are finding it hard to refrain from mourning for their mistress. Not wanting to be inhospitable, Admetus chooses not to say anything to Hercules and orders his servants to do the same. The guest Apollo mentions is none other than the hero Hercules who has no idea about the death of Alcestis. Hercules is shocked & angry that his friend lied to him. His devoted wife Alcestis decided to take his place, showing her selflessness and love for her husband. However, there was a catch Admetus had to find someone to take his place once Death came for him. In the play Alcestis by Euripides, the Fates have granted King Admetus of Pherae immortality at the request of Apollo, after Admetus had shown Apollo hospitality. Zeus, king of the Olympian gods, decided to punish him by making Sisyphus endlessly push a giant boulder up a hill. When Sisyphus failed to return to the Underworld, he was dragged back by Hermes. An infuriated Hades sent Sisyphus back to earth to fix things, which of course, Sisyphus did not do. However, Sisyphus once again outsmarted Thanatos, as he had informed his wife not to perform the customary funerary rites. Ares freed Thanatos and then turned Sisyphus over to him. Since Thanatos was trapped, nobody on earth could die this especially angered Ares, the god of war, as his battles had lost their fun since nobody could die, and he decided to intervene. However, Sisyphus seized his chance and trapped Thanatos in the chains instead.

A sly Sisyphus asked Thanatos how the chains worked, and Thanatos granted him his wish. A furious Zeus ordered Thanatos to chain Sisyphus in Tartarus as punishment. Sisyphus further enraged Zeus by revealing the whereabouts of Aegina (the daughter of the river god Asopus and the nymph Metope), a fact that Zeus was trying to keep hidden from her father, Asopus. Most horrible of all, Sisyphus killed guests, a violation of xenia (the Greek concept of hospitality), which directly fell under Zeus' domain and naturally angered him. Sisyphus was the first king of Ephyra (also known as Corinth), who promoted navigation and commerce but who was also deceitful. Will set him down in the broad green land of Lycia. Twin brothers Sleep and Death, who with all good speed Then send him on his way with the wind-swift escorts, A grieving Zeus calls Apollo to summon Thanatos and Hypnos to take his son's body back to Lycia where he could be given a proper burial, as he could not stand to see his body lying amongst the blood and gore of the battleground. Zeus' son, King Sarpedon of Lycia, a Trojan ally and hero, is killed by Patroclus during the last year of the Trojan War. Thanatos is mentioned in Book 16 of the Iliad. In the Iliad by Homer, the elemental form of Thanatos is not presented as dangerous but as a dark colour. Marie-Lan Nguyen (CC BY-NC-SA) Thanatos in the Iliad

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