Hera Seduces ZeusĪs should be evident from the above story, Hera wasn’t too fond of her husband. But, the Greek god of sleep was able to hide with his mother Nyx in her cave. He was furiated and started his quest to take revenge on Hypnos first. But anyway, Hera unleashed angry winds over the oceans during Heracles’ home voyage, when he was returning from Troy.Įventually, however, Zeus awoke and found out about the actions of both Hypnos and Hera. With that, she wanted to change the course of the Trojan war, or at least punish Heracles for his … victory? A bit petty, so it seems. The First Sleep of Zeusīy assuring that Zeus was in a state of unconsciousness towards her actions, Hera was enabled to machinate against Heracles. His excitement towards the outcome of the war was rooted in fatherly love, since Heracles was Zeus’ son. This wasn’t the case with Zeus, he actually thought it was a good outcome. She became furious with the fact that Heracles sacked the city of the Trojans. On her demand, Hypnos used his powers to trick Zeus and put him into a deep sleep.īut, why did she want her husband to sleep? Basically, Hera didn’t agree with the way in which the events of the Trojan war came together and ended. She asked Hypnos to put her husband to sleep so that she wouldn’t be bothered by him anymore. Hera is the goddess of marriage, women, and childbirth. She was the wife of Zeus and, also, a dreadful and powerful goddess. To give the complete picture, we should talk about Hera first. Both instances were aimed to help the Danaans win the Trojan war. In particular, Hypnos tricked Zeus in two separate instances. The story of Hypnos as described by Homer surrounds the tricking of Zeus, the Greek god of thunder. Like many other Greek gods and Goddesses, the story of Hypnos has been elaborated on in Homer’s epic poem Iliad. Hypnos would, indeed, be the one who brought her these messages. She would send herself into a dreamlike state to receive Apollo’s replies to the questions posed by those who had traveled to his temples. It goes without saying that Hypnos and his sons had an obvious role in this.Īn example of Hypnos relevance is The Oracle of Delphi, a high priestess who was believed to be the messenger of the Greek god Apollo. This way, they believed there was a higher chance of getting healed or heard by the god of that particular temple. The Greeks were known to sleep at temples. They all had a particular function in the making of dreams, allowing Hypnos to perform effective and accurate sleep inducements on its subjects. Hypnos’ sons played an important role in the power that our god of sleep could exercise. The Greek god of sleep was the father of four sons, named Morpheus, Phobetor, Phantasus, and Ikelos. Another way in which he let people fall asleep was through fanning them with his mighty wings. The Greek god of sleep induced sleep in mortals through a touch of his magic wand. Although initially thought of as the fatherless son of Nyx, Hypnos was later believed to be fathered by Erebus.Īs a winged god, Hypnos lived on the island of Lemnos: a Greek island that is still inhabited to this day. He was the son of the powerful goddess of the night, who goes by the name of Nyx. He is known as the god of sleep in Greek mythology. Hypnos is perceived as a calm and gentle god. He and his sons appeared in the dreams of mere mortals but also brought prophecies to the most well known prophets of the time. Also, he would literally serve the people their dreams if he felt this to be appropriate. Living in a dark cave in the underworld, Hypnos made his appearances in the night to let the people of ancient Greece sleep. The story of Hypnos signifies perceptions of life and death, the underworld, and the normal world. Actually, they believed the relationship between sleep and death was even closer than just mere cousins. The ancient Greeks might’ve liked Nas for just this line alone. One of the most memorable lines on his debut album tells us that he ‘never sleeps, cause sleep is the cousin of death’. Fast forward 28 years and Nas is one of the most influential rappers, or artists, of all time, winning himself a grammy just two years ago. In 1994, a New York rapper by the name of Nas burst into the hip hop scene with the release of his debut album Illmatic.
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