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Look up: hypnos

  1. Hypnos
    The Greek god of sleep, father of Morpheus.
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  2. Hypnos
    [n] - (Greek mythology) the Greek god of sleep
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  3. Hypnos
    Hypnos: The Greek and Roman god of sleep. From his name is derived the term hypnosis. Hypnos was the twin of Thanatos, the personification of death. Both Hypnos and Thanatos lived in the underworld.
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  4. Hypnos
    Greco-Roman god of sleep. Hypnos was the son of Nyx (Night) and the twin brother of Thanatos (Death). In Greek myth he is variously described as ... [1 related articles]
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  5. Hypnos
    Hypnos, Hypnus In Greek mythology, the god of sleep. The ancient Greeks invoked sleep by appealing to a god called Hypnos, from whose name the word 'hypnotism' was coined many centuries later. The link is quite appropriate, for in ancient Greece, if a person went into a deep sleep or trance situati...
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  6. Hypnos
    Hypnus, Hypnos The god of sleep in Greek mythology; identified with the Roman god, Somnus.
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  7. Hypnos
    In Greek mythology, Hynos or Somnus, was a son of Night, and the twin brother of Thanatos (death), with whom he lived in deep subterranean darkness at the entrance to Tartarus. His influence extended to gods as well as men, and by the latter he was viewed as a special benefactor, giving the weary re...
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  8. Hypnos
    In Ὕπνος-->, "sleep") was the personification of sleep; the Roman mythology|Roman equivalent was known as `Somnus`.<ref name="theoi">http://www.theoi.com/Daimon/Hypnos.html Theoi Project: Hypnos.--> His twin was Thánatos (Θάνατος, &...
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  9. Hypnos
    (record label) `Hypnos` is an independent record label, located in Portland, Oregon. Started in 1996 by M. Griffin to release his own recordings, both solo and for his collaborative project Viridian Sun, and has since become one of the most established and respected ambient labels. The music ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnos

  10. Hypnos
    (short story) `"Hypnos"` is a short story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, penned in March 1922 and first published in the May 1923 issue of National Amateur. Synopsis: Hypnos is a first-person narrative written from the perspective of an unnamed character l...
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12 February 2012

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/calendar/ On February 12, 1809, Charles Robert Darwin was born at The Mount in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Darwin was one of the last of the eclectic scientists who preceded the age of professional specialization. His genius lay in his ability to select, from the facts which he so diligently collected, every relevant point and fit it into his bold and far-reaching theories. He was not the first to advance a theory of evolution; but his massive weight of evidence carried conviction where earlier theorists had failed. He was shy and modest and shrank from controversy, an unfortunate trait in the author of the most controversial book of the century. read more

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