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by Bosch  In ancient Roman myth and literature, Mors (also known
as Letus[citation needed]) is the personification of death
equivalent to the Greek Thánatos. The Latin noun for "death",
mors, genitive mortis, is of feminine gender, but ancient Roman
art is not known to depict Death as a woman.[1] Latin poets,
however, are bound by the grammatical gender of the word.[2]
Horace writes of pallida Mors, "pale Death," who kicks her way
into the hovels of the poor and the towers of kings equally.[3]
Seneca, for whom Mors is also pale, describes her "eager
teeth."[4] Tibullus pictures Mors as black or dark.[5]  Mors is
often represented allegorically in later Western literature and
art, particularly during the Middle Ages. Depictions of the
Crucifixion of Christ sometimes show Mors standing at the foot
of the cross.[6] Mors' antithesis is personified as Vita,
"Life."[7]   Mors is the offs