In Greek mythology, Thanatos represented Death who was his twin brother who represented Sleep?
Sleep and his Half-brother Death Sleep and his Half-brother Death Sleep and his Half-brother Death is a painting by John William Waterhouse completed in 1874. Waterhouse's first Royal Academy exhibit (submitted from his father's house at 1 Scarsdale Villas), it was painted after both his younger brothers died of tuberculosis. The painting itself is a reference to the Greek gods Hypnos (sleep) and Thanatos (death) who, in the Greek mythology, were brothers. Despite their similar poses in the painting, the character in the foreground is bathed in light, while his brother is shrouded in darkness; the first therefore represents Sleep, the latter Death. The personification
Thanatos Painter which pulls the eye back and forth between the two figures. Another example of a white-ground lekythos by the Thanatos Painter is of Hynos and Thanatos carrying Sarpedon (435 - 425 BCE); it is located in the British Museum. On the lekythos Hynos, the Greek of sleep, and Thanatos, the Greek god of death, are carrying Sarpedon who was Zeus' son. Sarpedon was one of Zeus' favorite sons and he entrusted Hynos and Thanatos to deliver Sarpedon's body to where he would be buried in Lycia. Sleep is near Sarpedon's head and Death is near his feet. Sleep is almost