id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-6361 Hypnos - Wikipedia .html text/html 1901 219 80 Hypnos and Thanatos, Sleep and His Half-Brother Death by John William Waterhouse In Greek mythology, Hypnos (/ˈhɪpnɒs/; Greek: Ὕπνος, "sleep")[1] is the personification of sleep; the Roman equivalent is known as Somnus. Hypnos in the Iliad[edit] Hera was almost ready to trick Zeus, but she needed the help of Hypnos, who had tricked Zeus once before. Hera called on Hypnos and asked him to help her by putting Zeus to sleep. Hypnos was reluctant because the last time he had put the god to sleep, he was furious when he awoke. While this went on, Hypnos travelled to the ships of the Achaeans to tell Poseidon, God of the Sea, that he could now help the Danaans and give them a victory while Zeus was sleeping. Hypnos in Endymion myth[edit] Hypnos in art[edit] Words derived from Hypnos[edit] Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project. Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-6361.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-6361.txt