Somnus

She summoned her messenger Iris and ordered her to go to the house of Somnus, God of Sleep, and bid him send a dream to Alcyone to tell her the truth about Ceyx.

Somnus Band: A sleep-inducing, vibrating headband b.

In the belief that this would prove efficacious, I again turned to woo the not reluctant Somnus, but scarcely had an hour elapsed when I was again alarmed by repeated blows first at the door and then at the window.

Spirits in cave of Somnus; passed out through gates of ivory and horn, 210, 211; Mercury, leader of, 137.

Gate leading from cave of Somnus to outer world, 210, 211.