Sleep · Atlas · Falsafa

in the texts

ProtrepticusLate Antiquity · Greek

Personified Sleep, called a twin god with Death and refuted as a natural affection, not a deity.

So Sleep and Death, two twin gods, could no longer reasonably be reckoned by you, these being affections that befall living things naturally;

protrepticus ¶

CyclopsClassical · Greek

Personified divine Sleep, child of Night, invoked to overwhelm the Cyclops

Come, Sleep, as well, offspring of sable Night, come with all thy power on the monster god-detested;

cyclops ¶

TheogonyClassical · Greek

A god, child of Night and brother of Death, who moves peacefully among mortals.

And the former of them roams peacefully over the earth and the sea's broad back and is kindly to men;

chapter 3 ¶

and the one holds all-seeing light for them on earth, but the other holds in her arms Sleep the brother of Death, even evil Night, wrapped in a vaporous cloud.

theogony ¶

IliadClassical · Greek

God of sleep, brother of Death, whom Hera persuades with the promise of marriage to Pasithea to lull Zeus.

And Hera said, "Sleep, why do you take such notions as those into your head?

husn ghamze ki kashakash se chhoota mere baad ¶

Aphrodite now went back into the house of Zeus, while Hera darted down from the summits of Olympus.

chapter 14 ¶

Sleep was pleased when he heard this, and answered, "Then swear it to me by the dread waters of the river Styx;

chapter 14 ¶

PhiloctetesClassical · Greek

Personified divine sleep invoked to relieve Philoctetes' pain.

Sleep, I think, will take him before long.

philoctetes ¶

Come, friends, let us leave him in quietness, so that he may fall asleep.

philoctetes ¶

Divine Sleep, god who knows no pain, Sleep, stranger to anguish, come in favor to us, come happy, and giving happiness, great King!

philoctetes ¶