Hypnos
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In Greek mythology, Hypnos, also spelled Hypnus, is the personification of sleep. The Roman equivalent is Somnus. His name is the origin of the word hypnosis. Pausanias wrote that Hypnos was the deare
Marble head of Hypnosin the National Roman Museum, Rome
Hypnos (left) and Thanatos (right) carry the body of Sarpedon while Hermes watches, Euphronios Krater, an Attic red-figure calyx-krater, c. 515–510 BC
Hypnos and Thanatos carrying the body of Sarpedon from the battlefield of Troy; detail from an Attic white-ground lekythos, ca. 440 BC.
Ariadne asleep at Hypnos's side. Detail of ancient fresco in Pompeii
Somnus
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In Roman mythology, Somnus is the personification of sleep. His Greek counterpart is Hypnos. Somnus resided in the underworld. According to Virgil, Somnus was the brother of Death, and according to Ov
Hypnos
…In Greek mythology, Hypnos (; Ancient Greek: Ὕπνος, 'sleep'), also spelled Hypnus, is the personification of sleep. The Roman equivalent is Somnus. His name is the origin of the word hypnosis. Pausanias wrote that Hypnos was the dearest friend of the Muses. According to the Dutch linguist Robert…
Somnus and Mors, Sleep and His Half-Brother Death by John William Waterhouse