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• The Ancient Greek god of sleep is Hypnos
• This is where the word “hypnosis” comes from
• Hypnos is the son of Nychta (night) and Erebus (darkness)
• Thanatos (death) is the twin brother of Hypnos
• According to Homer (not Homer Simpson :-) ) Hypnos lived on the Greek island of Lymnos which is still in existence today
• Hypnos’s wife is Pasithea given to him by Hera the wife of Zeus
• Pasithea is the goddess of relaxation
• Morpheus, one of the main characters of Matrix was inspired by the ancient Greek god Morpheus, Hypnos’s son: https://amzn.to/2JDXOfh
• Morpheus shapes our dreams
• According to the stoics, wh ...