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
"Nestor Appearing in a Dream to Agamemnon" (1805) by Henry Fuseli
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
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…to sleep. He writes that the statue was surnamed Epidotes. Related figures are the Somnia (Dreams), the thousand sons that the Latin poet Ovid gave to Somnus (Sleep), who appear in dreams. Ovid named three of the sons of Somnus: Morpheus, who appears in human guise, Phobetor, called Icelos by the gods, who…
Somnus and Mors, Sleep and His Half-Brother Death by John William Waterhouse