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Hypnos|ˈhɪpnɒs|
[Gr. Ὕπνος (ὕπνος sleep) (see below).]
Name of the god of sleep in Greek mythology.
1906T. E. Lawrence Home Lett. (1954) 40 It is eleven o'clock now and I ought to have thoughts on Hypnos. 1938W. de la Mare Memory 38 What of the strange world that teems—Where brooding Hypnos reigns—with dreams? 1970Oxf. Classical Dict. (ed. 2) 535/2 Throughout antiquity Hypnos was usually thought of as a winged youth who touches the foreheads of the tired with a branch..or pours sleep-inducing liquid from a horn. |