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title: Winged Youth with a Sword (Probably Thanatos)
author: Marie-Lan Nguyen
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15748/winged-youth-with-a-sword-probably-thanatos/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Winged Youth with a Sword (Probably Thanatos)

_Authored by Marie-Lan Nguyen_

## Image File

[![Winged Youth with a Sword (Probably Thanatos)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/15748.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/15748.jpg)

## Image Caption

Winged youth with a sword, probably [Thanatos](https://www.worldhistory.org/Thanatos/), personification of [death](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Death/). Detail of a sculptured marble [column](https://www.worldhistory.org/column/) drum from the [Temple](https://www.worldhistory.org/temple/) of [Artemis](https://www.worldhistory.org/artemis/) at [Ephesos](https://www.worldhistory.org/ephesos/), ca. 325-300 BCE. Found at the south-west corner of the temple.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Nguyen, M. (2022, April 27). Winged Youth with a Sword (Probably Thanatos). *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15748/winged-youth-with-a-sword-probably-thanatos/>
### Chicago
Nguyen, Marie-Lan. "Winged Youth with a Sword (Probably Thanatos)." *World History Encyclopedia*, April 27, 2022. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15748/winged-youth-with-a-sword-probably-thanatos/>.
### MLA
Nguyen, Marie-Lan. "Winged Youth with a Sword (Probably Thanatos)." *World History Encyclopedia*, 27 Apr 2022, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15748/winged-youth-with-a-sword-probably-thanatos/>.

## License & Copyright

[Original image](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanatos#/media/File:Column_temple_Artemis_Ephesos_BM_Sc1206_n3.jpg) by **Marie-Lan Nguyen**. Submitted by [Liana Miate](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/lianamiate/ "User Page: Liana Miate"), published on 27 April 2022. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.