Somnus
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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She summoned her messenger Iris and ordered her to go to the house of Somnus, God of Sleep, and bid him send a dream to Alcyone to tell her the truth about Ceyx.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
Somnus, however, did not descend that night with his usual lightness upon Grobey.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 by Various
Somnus descends smiling to his nocturnal pillow, and not clad in the portentous panoply of indigestion, which rivals a guilty conscience in its night visions.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 by Various
Iris approached the home of Somnus very timidly.
From Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls by Bailey, Carolyn Sherwin
As for Morpheus, the son as well as the prime minister of Somnus, he was also called the god of sleep, and mortals were wont to intercede for his good offices.
From Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art by Guerber, H. A. (H?l?ne Adeline)
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