Thanatos

Thanatos, the Roman Mors, is the god of death — not a cruel demon but the quiet, inevitable power that comes to every mortal in his time. Son of Night and twin of gentle Sleep, he carries the souls of the dead to the realm of Hades, impartial and unmoved by prayer or sacrifice — the one god, the Greeks said, who loves no gifts.

The Orphic hymn that closes the whole collection addresses Death calmly, praying only that he come late. For the philosophers, to face Thanatos without fear was the very fruit of wisdom: Plato defined philosophy itself as the practice of dying — the soul's lifelong preparation to meet, unafraid, the god who frees it from the body.