Years before the Trojan War began, he took his men on an expedition to Troy. When Thanatos came for Admetus at the allotted time, the king had expected one of his elderly parents to volunteer, but when neither did, Alcestis, the wife of Admetus volunteered instead. There are different stories regarding the home of Hypnos. Back on the surface, Sisyphus of course then had no intention of returning, and so again a god was dispatched to retrieve him, although this time, instead of Thanatos, Hermes was sent, and soon Sisyphus was commencing his eternal punishment. Despite this, a great many words in the English language are derived from both his name, and the names of his family members. Morpheus is the most influential as he was the shaper of the dreams. The pair had many children together, including Hypnos and his twin brother Thanatos. The palace was said to be furnished with a couch of ivory, instead of a throne, on which a tired Hypnos was often depicted. Phobos is the Greek word for fear or phobia, rooted in Phobetor, and the drug morphine is named for Morpheus, the dream shaper who slept among the poppy flowers. The twins are the children of Nyx, the goddess of the Night, and Erebus, god of darkness. Admetus instantly regretted the arrangement made by Apollo, for he did not want to live without his wife. Zeus had engineered the Trojan War to rid the earth of the demigods and as much as he regretted it, his son Sarpedon was one of the demigods fated to die. Sympathy and pity are foreign to Thanatos's nature. Hera went to see Zeus under the pretense of wanting to discuss her arguing parents. Thanatos might be poetically called the twin brother of Hypnos (Sleep) but no matter how you describe him, he is a creature of bone chilling darkness. The marriage was doomed from the beginning. The four children of the god of sleep are the influencers of dreams. Nyx is one of the oldest Immortals ... she was brought forth by the first Immortal, Khaos. Help. Thanatos is one of the more feared of Nyx's children. Hera summoned Hypnos and asked him to put Zeus to sleep. They are referred to as the Onerioi, which meant dreams in ancient Greece. Description of Greece by Pausanias; book 3 (Lakonia), 18.1; book 5 (Elis 1), 18.1. When Zeus woke up and became aware he had been tricked, he was very angry with Hypnos, who managed to avoid his wrath by hiding in the underworld cave of his mother. His mother was Zeus’s human mistress, Alcmene, and Heracles soon grew big and strong. The Greek poet Hesiod established in his Theogony that Thánatos is a son of Nyx (Night) and Erebos (Darkness) and twin of Hypnos (Sleep). When Herakles heard the story of how Alkestis volunteered to die in Admetos's place, he was so moved by such an act of selflessness he rushed to intercept Thanatos before Alkestis could be delivered to the Underworld. The four children of the god of sleep are the influencers of dreams. The god Apollon killed the Cyclopes who made Zeus's thunderbolts ... Zeus punished Apollon by making him serve as a slave for Admetos for one full year. Thanatos was the son of Nyx, the goddess of night, and the brother of Hypnos, the god of sleep. Refusing to allow such an injustice, Apollon wooed the Fates with wine until they agreed to allow Admetos to live. Phantasus transformed into objects, while Ikelos represented the people in dreams of illusion and prophecy. Heracles was conceived during one of her husband’s numerous affairs. Nyx and Erebus were unsurprisingly parents to many “dark” deities, and famously Thanatos had a twin brother in the form of Hypnos… When Patroklos donned Akhilleus's armor and charged into the Trojan lines, he killed many men and then finally came against Sarpedon.