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Hypnos & Pasithea
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Hallucinations
Symbolism
Teresias
Blind Seer
could not see yet saw and knew everything
Sleep
Oracle:
Saw King Laius' fate
Symbolism
Made it happen
Oedipus- Physically present, mentally absent
Could not capture reality
Birds
Lived through a dream/nightmare
Blind to the truth
Through birds Teiresias saw visions
Tells visions, causes fate
Hypnos turned into bird
changed the course of the war
Pasithea
Wife of Hypnos
Promised to him by Hera
Goddess of hallucination/relaxation
Also mentioned in Iliad
Hypnos
The Greek God of Sleep
Resided in Erebos, the land of eternal darkness
Symbol: Poppy
Mentioned in the Iliad
Iliad
Set during Trojan War
Hera wanted to help the Achaeans win
Before the Trojan War
Needed to distract Zeuz
Brought Hypnos to put him to sleep
Hera was mad a Hercules
Pasithea would have to be his bride
Got Hypnos to make Zeus sleep so she could torment Hercules
Hera turned Hypnos into a bird to do the deed
Zeus awoke furious
Went looking for Hypnos
Found him in arms of mother
Let him off with warning not to do it again