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Hypnos is the Greek personification of sleep. Son of the siblings Erebus and Nyx, he was the twin brother of Thanatos, with whom he lived in the Underworld.[1]

Biography[edit | edit source]

According to Layla Hassan's Bios of the Gods files, Hypnos' brothers were Charon and Thanatos, and their father was Erebus.[2]

Influence[edit | edit source]

During her travels in Aletheia's simulation of Elysium, the Spartan misthios Kassandra destroyed several torches of Hypnos inside Persephone's strongholds. She also visited a cave dedicated to him within Pheraia's Retreat.[3]

Trivia[edit | edit source]

  • The Greek word for Hypnos, "Ὕπνος", means 'sleep'.
  • The English word hypnosis finds its origin in the name of Hypnos.

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