Morpheus1.0000_OGCMA

Morpheus.
Morpheus, one of the sons of Hypnos (῞Υπνος, Lat. Somnus, Sleep), is the god of dreams, a simulator figurae. Though personified dreams (ὀνείροι) occur in literature since Homer, Morpheus makes only one specific appearance in classical literature, when Ovid has him impersonate the deceased Ceyx and appear to Alcyone, his widow. The name of Μορφεύς associates him with the various (but only human) shapes (morphai) the god can assume. Ovid mentions among Morpheus’ thousands of brothers only Icelus and Phantasus.




OGCMA slides are designed by Roger T. Macfarlane for use in Classical Civilization 241 courses at Brigham Young University.
The present resource contains information assembled for The Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts, 1300 - 1990's, edited by J. Davidson Reid (Oxford 1994), and it is used with express permission from Oxford University press.
Address concerns or inquiries to macfarlane@byu.edu.