Sleep
deity intermediate single tradition · 1
Sleep is a deity who stands over Heracles in visible form, taking pride in his role in Heracles' weariness. He is present as Heracles sleeps, his mouth open and drawing deep breaths.
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 200
- Historical notes
- Personification of sleep in classical Greek texts.
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Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“filled with sleep, his mouth open, he draws full breaths deep in his chest, and Sleep himself stands over him in visible form, making much, I think, of his own part in the fall of Heracles.”
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