in ancient greek, the greeks saw death as good. he is often shown as a bearded, winged man or a young, winged, boy. death, or thanatos, is the opposite of life. death is represented as a male, and life as a female. he is the twin brother of hypnos, the god of sleep.he is discripted as gentle, he escorts the dead to the underworld, hades.then he hands the dead to charon, who mans a boat that carries the dead to the underworld, through the river styx. thanatos' sisters, keres, were the spirits of violent death, they were connected with deaths from battle, disease, accident, and murder. they were portrayed as evil, they were feeding on the body of the dead, after the soul was escorted to the hades. they had fangs, talons, and would be dressed in bloody jewels.