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Hypnos, briefly known as Somnus is a Mount Olympus character in Greek Mythology. He made his début in around seven hundred BCE on Homer's: The Iliad and ends around the ninth century.

Hypnos is the god of sleep in Greek Mythology.

History[]

Hypnos used his powers to trick Zeus. Hypnos was able to trick him and help the Danaans win the Trojan war. During the war, Hera loathed her brother and husband, Zeus, so she devised a plot to trick him. She decided that in order to trick him she needed to make him so enamoured with her that he would fall for the trick. So she washed herself with ambrosia and anointed herself with oil, made especially for her to make herself impossible to resist for Zeus. She wove flowers through her hair, put on three brilliant pendants for earrings, and donned a wondrous robe. She then called for Aphrodite, the goddess of love, and asked her for a charm that would ensure that her trick would not fail. In order to procure the charm, however, she lied to Aphrodite because they sided on opposites sides of the war. She told Aphrodite that she wanted the charm to help herself and Zeus stop fighting. Aphrodite willingly agreed. Hera was almost ready to trick Zeus, but she needed the help of Hypnos, who had tricked Zeus once before. ("Wikipedia")

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On-Screen Notes[]

  • Hypnos was the god of sleep, not dreams like his son.
    • Although it is unknown if he was always asleep.

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