Editing Somnus (section)

==Greek tradition==
In the Greek tradition, [[Hypnos]] (Sleep) was the brother of [[Thanatos]] (Death), and the son of [[Nyx]] (Night).<ref>[[Hesiod]], ''[[Theogony]]'' [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-eng1:207-239 211&ndash;212]; [[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-eng1:14.193-14.241 14.231], [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-eng1:16.659-16.697 16.672].</ref> According to Hesiod, Sleep, along with Death, live in the underworld,<ref>[[Hesiod]], ''[[Theogony]]'' [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-eng1:729-766 758&ndash;759].</ref> while in the [[Homeric]] tradition, although "the land of dreams" was located on the road to the underworld, near the great world-encircling river [[Oceanus]], nearby the city of [[Cimmerians]],<ref>Griffin, p. 234; [[Homer]], ''[[Odyssey]]'' [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-eng1:11.1-11.50 11.13&ndash;14], [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-eng1:24.1-24.34 24.11&ndash;14].</ref> Sleep himself lived on the island of [[Lemnos]].<ref>[[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-eng1:14.193-14.241 14.230&ndash;231], [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-eng1:14.270-14.311 14.281].</ref>