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Some might read that as evoking Eros — life and love — versus Thanatos — death and destruction.
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Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 24 June 2025
Aeacus, a judge of the dead, and Thanatos, winged daemon of death, are chthonic.
—Lewis Hyde, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
But if Moo Deng was this year’s Eros, Crumbs the cat was its Thanatos.
—Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024
Love Is a Gun is the directorial debut of 33-year-old Taiwanese actor Lee Hong-Chi, best known for his starring role in Thanatos, Drunk, which won him the best new performer prize at the 52nd Golden Horse Awards in 2015.
—Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Oct. 2023
And, yes, there’s more than a hint of Thanatos at work here.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023
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Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 24 June 2025
Aeacus, a judge of the dead, and Thanatos, winged daemon of death, are chthonic.
—Lewis Hyde, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
But if Moo Deng was this year’s Eros, Crumbs the cat was its Thanatos.
—Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024
Love Is a Gun is the directorial debut of 33-year-old Taiwanese actor Lee Hong-Chi, best known for his starring role in Thanatos, Drunk, which won him the best new performer prize at the 52nd Golden Horse Awards in 2015.
—Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Oct. 2023
And, yes, there’s more than a hint of Thanatos at work here.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023
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“Thanatos.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Thanatos. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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Thanatos
noun
Than·a·tos
ˈthan-ə-ˌtäs 
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