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Hypnos.

The god and personification of sleep. The son of Nyx and Erebus, twin brother of Thanatos, husband of Pasithea, and the father of the Oneiroi. His Roman counterpart is Somnus.

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name/ˈhɪpnɒs//ˈhɪpnoʊs/
  1. The god and personification of sleep. The son of Nyx and Erebus, twin brother of Thanatos, husband of Pasithea, and the father of the Oneiroi. His Roman counterpart is Somnus.

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὕπνος (Húpnos, literally “Sleep”).

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