![]() ![]() "From Nox (Night) and Erebus : Fatum (Fate), Senectus (Old Age), Mors (Death), Letum (Dissolution), Continentia (Moderation), Somnus (Sleep), Somnia (Dreams), Amor (Love)-that is Lysimeles, Epiphron (Prudence), Porphyrion, Epaphus, Discordia (Discord), Miseria (Misery), Petulantia (Wantonness), Nemesis (Envy), Euphrosyne (Good Cheer), Amicitia (Friendship), Misericordia (Compassion), Styx (Hatred) the three Parcae (Fates), namely Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos the Hesperides."Ĭicero, De Natura Deorum 3. Also deadly Nyx bare Nemesis (Envy) to afflict mortal men, and after her, Apate (Deceit) and Philotes (Friendship) and hateful Geras (Old Age) and hard-hearted Eris (Strife)." Also she bare the Moirai (Moirae, Fates) and the ruthless avenging Keres (Death-Fates). And again the goddess murky Nyx, though she lay with none, bare Momos (Blame) and painful Oizys (Misery), and the Hesperides. "And Nyx (Night) bare hateful Moros (Doom) and black Ker (Violent Death) and Thanatos (Death), and she bare Hypnos (Sleep) and the tribe of Oneiroi (Dreams). Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C8th or C7th B.C.) : Source: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.ĬLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES PARENTAGE OF HYPNOS In works of art Sleep and Death are represented alike as two youths sleeping or holding inverted torches in their hands. At Sicyon there was a statue of Sleep surnamed epidôtês, the giver (Paus. The personification and god of sleep, the Latin Somnus, is described by the ancients as a brother of Death ( thanatos), and as a son of Night (Hes. THE ONEIROI x 1000, MORPHEUS, IKELOS, PHANTASOS (Ovid Metamorphoses 11.630) EREBOS & NYX (Hyginus Preface, Cicero De Natura Deorum. NYX (no father) (Hesiod Theogony 212, Homer Iliad 14.250, Aeschylus Frag 250, Seneca Hercules Furens1068, Nonnus Dionysiaca 31.103) ![]() His Roman equivalent was Somnus or Sopor. His attributes included either a horn of sleep-inducing opium, a poppy-stem, a branch dripping water from the river Lethe (Forgetfulness), or an inverted torch. Hypnos was depicted as a young man with wings on his shoulders or brow. Hypnos was often paired with his twin brother Thanatos (Peaceful Death), and the Oneiroi (Dreams) were his brothers or sons. He dwelt in Erebos, the land of eternal darkness beyond the gates of the rising sun, and rose into the sky each night in the train of his mother Nyx (Night). HYPNOS was the god or personified spirit ( daimon) of sleep. In the end, Hypnos, despite all his power from transcending many boundless, unidimensional realms with ease could not make it past the First Gate, as he was driven insane by mere shadows of far greater beings.Sleep ( hypnos) Hypnos god of sleep, Apulian red-figure vase C4th B.C., The J. However, Hypnos manages to get past his obstacle, only to be driven insane by what he experienced afterward, and by the sound of a flute. His friend gives up and awakens from his sleep and waits for Hypnos to wake up as well. The Lord of Dreams soon becomes confident that he can become the King of all reality, and ascends even further with his friend, eventually reaching a massive clump which they seemingly cannot pass through, unlike all the other previous levels of existence. Transcending limitless realms of existence countless times, going further and deeper each time they transcend the previous plateau of existence. This happens over a period of time where the two travel further beyond. Hypnos begins to enlighten his new friend on the nature of reality and shows him realms which exist beyond all concepts of space, time and dimensions. Hypnos met a nameless man who would soon be his friend by chance. He appears as a youthful man with a bearded face, "immense, sunken and widely luminous eyes", and a crown of poppies. It is claimed that he has many more children, which are also Oneiroi. His children Morpheus ("Shape"), Phobetor ("Fear") and Phantasos ("Imagination, Phantasy") are the gods of the dream. ![]() He lives on the island Lemnos, which later on has been claimed to be his very own dream-island. He is said to be a calm and gentle deity, as he helps humans in need and, due to their sleep, owns half of their lives. No light and no sound would ever enter his grotto. His bed is made of ebony, on the entrance of the cave grow a number of poppies and other hypnotic plants. Hypnos lived in a big cave, which the river Lethe comes from and where night and day meet. ![]() His twin brother is Thanatos, the god of death, and both siblings live in Hades. Hypnos is the son of Nyx and Erebus, the primordial deities of Night and Darkness respectively. ![]()
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