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Look up: Morpheus

  1. Morpheus
    In Greek mythology, Morpheus was one form of the god of dreams (the other being Oneiros). His job was to fashion dreams, as the gods desired them to be sent to men. In this task he was assisted by Icelus, who fashioned those dreams that had all the appearance of reality, by Phobetor, the author of alarming dreams, and Phantasus, who tricked sleepers with innumerable and strange phenomena. But we find Morpheus also represented in the capacity of a sort of watchman and guardian of dreams, as Aeolu...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. Morpheus
    [n] - (Ovid) the Roman god of sleep and dreams
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Morpheus
    In Greek and Roman mythology, the god of dreams, son of Hypnos or Somnus, god of sleep. ...
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  4. Morpheus
    Morpheus: In Greek and Roman mythology, the son of sleep and the god of dreams who lay on an ebony bed in a dim-lit cave, surrounded by poppies. Morpheus was the son of Hypnos from whence comes hypnosis. To be in the arms of Morpheus is to be asleep. The drug morphine is named after Morpheus. The Roman poet Ovid (43BC-17AD) coined the name of Morph ...
    Found on http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.

  5. Morpheus
    Mor'pheus (môr'fūs or môr'fe*ŭs) noun [ Latin , from Greek Morfey`s prop., the fashioner or molder, because of the shapes he calls up before the sleeper, from morfh` form, shape.] (Class. Myth.) The god of dreams.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/103

  6. morpheus
    The god of dreams. ... Origin: L, fr. Gr. Prop, the fashioner or molder, because of the shapes he calls up before the sleeper, fr. Form, shape. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  7. Morpheus
    noun the Roman god of sleep and dreams
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  8. Morpheus
    `Morpheus` may mean: ;`Characters` *Morpheus (mythology), the principal god of dreams in the Greek mythology *Morpheus (DC comics), a moniker for Dream, a fictional character in the comic book `The Sandman` *Morpheus (Deus Ex), artificial intelligence in the game `Deus Ex` *Morpheus (The Matrix), a fictional character from the film `The Matrix` ;`Technology` *Morpheus (computer program), file-sharing client/server software operated by the compa...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morpheus

  9. Morpheus
    • (n.) The god of dreams.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  10. Morpheus
    in Greco-Roman mythology, one of the sons of Hypnos (Somnus), the god of sleep. Morpheus sends human shapes (Greek morphai) of all kinds to the ... [1 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/m/123

  11. Morpheus
    Morpheus is a Greek boy name. The meaning of the name is `Dream god` Where is it used? The name Morpheus is mainly used In Greek Mythology. The name Morpheus doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Morpheus seems to be unique!
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/boys/Morp

  12. MORPHEUS
    management of operational risk: processes, human and external factors, systems. subproject of TOPAS -TOPIT…
    Found on http://www.oenb.at/dictionary/termini.js

  13. Morpheus
    Morpheus (môr'fēus) , in Greek and Roman mythology, god of dreams. The son of Hypnos (or Somnus), the god of sleep, he brought dreams of human forms. His brothers Phobetor and Phantasos induced dreams of animals and inanimate objects, respectively.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A08340


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21 November 2009

This day in history:
On 21st November 1974 the Provisional IRA plants bombs in two Birmingham pubs: the Mulberry Bush and the Tavern in the Town. Twenty-one people die and 182 are injured. A few minutes before the explosions a warning had been telephoned to the local newspaper, the Birmingham Post and Mail, but it was far too late. The first Birmingham bomb, at the Mulberry Bush pub in the basement of the Rotunda, a 20-storey office and retail complex and it exploded six minutes after the telephone warning. There was not enough time for police to clear the area. Earlier that year nine soldiers were killed when a bomb exploded on a coach on the M62 near Bradford, while two bombs in Guildford killed four soldiers and injured scores of other people. read more

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