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== Semi-protected edit request on 18 November 2014 ==

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{{bq|In [[Greek mythology]], '''Thanatos''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|θ|æ|n|ə|t|ɒ|s}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Thanatos, n.|url=http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/200131|website=OED Online|publisher=Oxford University Press|accessdate=18 November 2014|date=September 2014}}</ref> ({{lang-grc-gre|[[wikt:Θάνατος#Ancient Greek|Θάνατος]]}} [{{IPA-el|tʰánatos|anc}}] "[[Death]]",<ref>{{LSJ|qa/natos|θάνατος|ref|}}.</ref> from θνῄσκω ''thnēskō'' "to die, be dying"<ref>{{LSJ|qnh/{{!}}skw|θνῄσκω|shortref}}.</ref><ref>[[Robert S. P. Beekes|R. S. P. Beekes]], ''Etymological Dictionary of Greek'', Brill, 2009, p. 533.</ref>) was the [[Daemon (classical mythology)|daemon]] personification of death. He was a minor figure in Greek mythology, often referred to, but rarely appearing in person.}}
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[[Special:Contributions/83.168.23.138|83.168.23.138]] ([[User talk:83.168.23.138|talk]]) 16:12, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

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Nothingbutmeat (talk) 15:19, 15 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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"Thanatos was regarded as merciless and indiscriminate, hated by—and hateful towards—mortals and the deathless gods."

This isn't accurate. Almost every single scrap of information we have on him portrays him as being gentle, generally depicting a kind - natural - death. So why does Wiki seem to be the only place insisting that he is merciless and hateful? Either cite it accurately and prove the statement, or remove it, just letting it sit there won't cut it.

Also, Erebos wasn't his father.. Hesiod was pretty straight forward about Night having bore her children without a father. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zorikan (talk • contribs) 22:01, 29 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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From the article: "This postulated death drive allegedly compels humans to engage in risky and self-destructive acts that could lead to their own death. Behaviors such as thrill seeking, aggression, and risk taking are viewed as actions which stem from this Thanatos instinct." From another source: (http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/freud.html): "The day-to-day evidence of the death instinct and its nirvana principle is in our desire for peace, for escape from stimulation, our attraction to alcohol and narcotics, our penchant for escapist activity, such as losing ourselves in books or movies, our craving for rest and sleep." Walking and talking again, eh?. 71.201.215.196 (talk) 15:59, 1 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

More about Thanatos in pop culture. The Dutch black metal band should be included.
The band's MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/thanatos666
Reference page on Metalunderground.com: http://www.metalunderground.com/bands/details.cfm?bandid=112 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stormkorp (talk • contribs) 18:49, 11 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanatos "Moirai" link is incorrect

On the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanatos page the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moirai link should be replaced with the correct http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moirae; Moirae is not spelled with an i. Moirai does not take you to the fates.

Sincerely:

67.72.98.106 (talk) 20:03, 1 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The Greek plural of moira is moirai — the -ae ending is a Latinized form. Cynwolfe (talk) 17:19, 8 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

ancient Greek Thanatos

If anyone's interested in addressing the problems indicated by the tag, here's a possible source. Cynwolfe (talk) 17:30, 8 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]


another popular culture reference that is missing is to the science fiction novel - On a Pale Horse by Piers Anthony - the novel is one of a series - The Incarnations of Immortality - in which the author creates a story around different gods that play a role in Greek mythology.

Ecologist (talk) 03:39, 19 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]


Another culture reference - The Venture Bros Season 4 Episode 14 "Assisted Suicide". Eros and Thanatos appear in "the Rusty"'s mind. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Schiefaw (talk • contribs) 17:39, 29 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding this line in the article "Thanatos was regarded[by whom?] as merciless and indiscriminate, hated by—and hateful towards—mortals and the deathless gods." reconsider in the light of views such as this stated in The Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology "On the whole, later poets describe Death as a sad or terrific being (Horat. Carm. i. 4. 13, Sat. ii. 1. 58), but the best artists of the Greeks, avoiding any thing that might be displeasing, abandoned the ideas suggested to them by the poets. and represented Death under a more pleasing aspect." Tomandzeke (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 21:10, 20 February 2012 (UTC).[reply]

Thanatos was described as hateful in Theogony and Alcestis. Later, more favourbale depictions might have been driven by the same impulse that made Greeks call the Erinyes "Eumenides", the Kindly Ones: they wanted to avert heir wrath by placating them with kind words.

By the way: could anyone delete the info stating that Thanatos was the son of Erebos? Hesiod explicitly states that the dark personifications of negative phenomena like Death, Doom, Blame and other ones were children of Night alone, and she had them with no male partner. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.10.11.26 (talk) 08:37, 6 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Not sure if this counts, but:

"Thanatos is the name of Gallente carrier-class ship in the video game EVE Online."

Or something to that effect.

Barrien (talk) 00:39, 28 July 2011 (UTC)[reply] 

 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Barrien (talk • contribs) 20:12, 26 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

selection only about greek god

go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Thantos#Family for an editable page only about the greek god!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 2601:9:5980:1A6D:1152:B345:B22B:A71D (talk) 23:59, 8 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Edit to introduction

Currently the article reads as follows: "His name is transliterated in Latin as Thanatus, but his equivalent in Roman mythology is Mors or Letus/Letum,[citation needed] and he is sometimes identified erroneously with Orcus (Orcus himself had a Greek equivalent in the form of Horkos, God of the Oath).[citation needed]"

Edith Hamilton's Mythology shows that this fact is at the very least contentious. She, a Greek mythology scholar, identifies Thanatus as being the same figure as Orcus. I suggest changing the text in the article to "identified perhaps erroneously" or removing erroneously altogether. jlcohoon 22:29, 6 July 2014 (EDT)

Semi-protected edit request on 21 October 2014

In the first line of the first actual paragraph, a pronunciation for 'Thanatos' is requested. Here is the pronunciation using the IPA: θæn-ə-tos And pronunciation using the Latin alphabet: thán-a-tos 2 sources used: 1) "A Primer of Biblical Greek" by N. Clayton Croy, Eerdmans Publishing 1999, ISBN# 0802846289 (p18 is the vocab word & a study of the language as per this book, gives the pronunciation of the parts/symbols/dipthongs/letters 2) The Wiktionary entry online for 'Thanatos'

Done Stickee (talk) 01:25, 23 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 18 November 2014

Stress, {{IPAc-en}} and source for the transcription in the lede, ce:

In Greek mythology, Thanatos /ˈθænətɒs/[1] (Greek: Θάνατος [Greek pronunciation: [tʰánatos]] "Death",[2] from θνῄσκω thnēskō "to die, be dying"[3][4]) was the daemon personification of death. He was a minor figure in Greek mythology, often referred to, but rarely appearing in person.

83.168.23.138 (talk) 16:12, 18 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ "Thanatos, n." OED Online. Oxford University Press. September 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  2. ^ θάνατος. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project.
  3. ^ θνῄσκω in Liddell and Scott.
  4. ^ R. S. P. Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek, Brill, 2009, p. 533.
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