Hermes (middle figure) with twin brothers Thanatos (Death) and Hypnos (Sleep) removing warrior from field of battle.      Metropolitian Museum of Art; Greek Archaic Period; Attica; pottery signed by Euxitheos, painting signed by Euphronios              image taken from Hellenica          Museum Collection: British      Museum, London, UK      Catalogue Number: London E155      Beazley Archive Number: 212127      Ware: Attic Red Figure      Shape: Kantharos      Painter: Attributed to the Amphitrite Painter      Date: --      Period: Classical      Thanatos (death personified) drags Alkestis away from the altar; Herakles confronts him with a sword.              image taken from the Theoi Project              Frederic Leighton, Hercules Wrestling with Death for the Body of Alcestis (1869-71) (132.4 x 265.4 cm)