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Personifications of Hypnos or Thanatos, the sons or nurslings of Nix (Night) are relatively rare. This head is one of many versions of the same original.
In Hellenistic poetry Eros is Associated with Hypnos (Sleep follows Love).
Thanatos is merciful by being invisible, imperceptible and by rendering the victim oblivious, some of which is also true of sleep and love.
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