Morpheus
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Morpheus is a god associated with sleep and dreams. In Ovid's Metamorphoses, he is the son of Somnus and appears in dreams in human form. From the Middle Ages, the name began to stand more generally f
Morpheus, Jean-Bernard Restout (c. 1771)
Aurora wakes Morpheus by Bartolomeo Altomonte (1769)
Morpheus and Iris, by Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, 1811 Hermitage Museum
Morpheus awakening as Iris draws near by René-Antoine Houasse (1690)
Oneiros
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In Greek mythology, dreams were sometimes personified as Oneiros or Oneiroi. In the Iliad of Homer, Zeus sends an Oneiros to appear to Agamemnon in a dream, while in Hesiod's Theogony, the Oneiroi are
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…Hypnos – Personification of sleep in Greek mythology Oneiroi – Personification of dreams in Greek mythology Griffin, A. H. F. (1997), A Commentary on Ovid, Metamorphoses XI, Hermathena, vol. 162/163, Dublin…
"Nestor Appearing in a Dream to Agamemnon" (1805) by Henry Fuseli