#Bronze head of hypnos series#

(Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quijote de la Mancha, Segunda Parte, CapГѓВtulo LXVIII). Sola una cosa tiene mala el sueГѓВ±o segГѓВєn he oГѓВdo decir, y es que se parece a la muerte, pues de un dormido a un muerto hay muy poca diferencia.'

Sancho: 'Гўв‚¬В¦sГѓ'lo entiendo que en tanto que duermo, ni tengo temor, ni esperanza, ni trabajo, ni gloria y bien haya el que inventГѓ' el sueГѓВ±o, capa que cubre todos los humanos pensamientos, manjar que quita la hambre, agua que ahuyenta la sed, fuego que calienta el frГѓВo, frГѓВo que templa el ardor, y, finalmente, moneda general con que todas las cosas se compran, balanza y peso que iguala al pastor con el rey y al simple con el discreto. On my grave, as now my bed.' (Sir Thomas Browne 1605-82, Religio Medici II.12). 'O Sleep, rest of all things, mildest of the gods, balm of the soul Гўв‚¬В¦' ( Iris Г‚В 1 to Hypnos. 'Divine Sleep, god who knows no pain, Sleep, stranger to anguish, come in favor to us, come happy, and giving happiness, great King! Гўв‚¬В¦ come with power to heal!' (Sailors of Neoptolemus' crew. 'What presumption of man, can match your power, Zeus, who are no subject to Sleep or Time or Age, living forever in bright Olympus?' (Theban Elders. 'Гўв‚¬В¦ almighty Sleep releases the fettered sleeper, and does not hold him in a perpetual grasp.' ( Ajax Г‚В 1. Oneiroi Dionysus.'Гўв‚¬В¦ whenever in his imagination a man sees delights, straightaway the vision, slipping through his arms, is gone, winging its flight along the paths of Sleep.' (Argive Elders. Should a dreamer overreach himself, he will attract HypnosвЂ™s attention, and either vanish with the god or be transformed.Дescription from the British Museum LondonДreaming Within the Fields of Hypnos See also

He rules the realm of nightmares, and the boundaries between the waking and dreaming worlds. Lord of Sleep: Hypnos is depicted as a smiling, youth crowned with poppies.

#Bronze head of hypnos series#

This painting shows a wing sprouting from his temple, and his hair elaborately arranged into a series of luxurious locks, some falling freely, others tied in a knot at the back of the head. He was shown running forwards, holding poppies in his right hand and a drinking-horn in his left, from which presumably he poured a sleeping potion.

Statue types represented Hypnos either as an adolescent or, in some variants, as an even younger child. The bronze head that inspired this painting belongs with a series of similar heads and figures found mostly in the western Mediterranean, particularly in France, Italy and Spain. His brother was Morpheus, the personification of dreams.ДЄlthough frequently shown in vase painting, sculptural representations of him were rare. HypnosвЂ™ wings allowed him to move swiftly over land and sea, and to fan the foreheads of the weary until they fell asleep. The god was frequently mentioned in literary sources, and associated with poppies and sleep-inducing herbs. Hypnos was, however, generally viewed as benevolent to mankind.

Hypnos first appears in mythology in the works of one of the earliest Greek poets, Hesiod (lived around 700 BC), where Hypnos (Sleep) and Thanatos (Death) were the terrible sons of Nyx (Night). Inspired by a bronze statue fromВ the British Museum London which I first encountered in the late 1960вЂ™s early 70вЂ™s. Hypnos, oil on canvas, 16 inches by 20 inches, 2015, SOLD