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Somnus (Sleep)

Sleep

The god Sleep, who in the shape of Phorbas lulls Palinurus and casts him overboard with a Lethe-soaked, Stygian bough.

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Mentioned in 3 works (60 mentions)

The Eclogues poem · 4 mentions
The Georgics poem · 9 mentions
The Aeneid poem · 47 mentions

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