--- title: Statue of Hypnos author: Carole Raddato source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3936/statue-of-hypnos/ format: machine-readable-alternate license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) updated: 2015-06-19 --- # Statue of Hypnos _Authored by Carole Raddato_ ## Image File [![Statue of Hypnos](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/3936.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/3936.jpg) ## Image Caption Statue of Hypnos, [god](https://www.worldhistory.org/God/) of sleep, 2nd century CE, from Illici (Elche, Spain). (National Archaeological Museum of Spain, Madrid) Hypnos was the son of the goddess [Nyx](https://www.worldhistory.org/Nyx/) (the deity of the Night) and Erebus (the deity of Darkness). His wife, Pasithea (the deity of Hallucinations), was one of the youngest of the [Graces](https://www.worldhistory.org/Graces/) and was promised to him by [Hera](https://www.worldhistory.org/Hera/). His sons were Morpheus (the personification of Dreams), Phobetor (the personification of Nightmares), Phantasos (the personification of inanimate objects in prophetic dreams) and Ikelos (the personification of people seen in prophetic dreams). ## Cite This Work ### APA Raddato, C. (2015, June 19). Statue of Hypnos. *World History Encyclopedia*. ### Chicago Raddato, Carole. "Statue of Hypnos." *World History Encyclopedia*, June 19, 2015. . ### MLA Raddato, Carole. "Statue of Hypnos." *World History Encyclopedia*, 19 Jun 2015, . ## License & Copyright [![copyright source](/images/partners/white-flickr.png)](https://www.flickr.com/photos/carolemage/15540840737/)This image was first published on [Flickr](http://www.flickr.com). [Original image](https://www.flickr.com/photos/carolemage/15540840737/) by [**Carole Raddato**](https://www.flickr.com/photos/carolemage/15540840737/). Submitted by [Carole Raddato](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/FollowingHadrian/ "User Page: Carole Raddato"), published on 19 June 2015. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon a work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.