![]() He has been said to do nothing much but sleep and did not play a role in the last Second Olympian War, implying that he is a lazy god (if not the laziest). ![]() Though not a villain or immoral, Hypnos is far from being the most responsible or honorable god to exist. Nyx eventually manages to break free of her children's grip, but they buy Nico's group enough time to escape to the River Acheron which Nyx is incapable of crossing. As the demigods, Titan and skeleton cat make their escape, Hypnos reveals that he was the one who set the Mansion of Night on fire and destroyed it during the battle. Exerting his powers over Nyx, Hypnos manages to make her drowsy, although Nyx proves to be too powerful for him to put to sleep entirely. When Nemesis turns on Nyx, Hypnos and Epiales follow suit, with Hypnos angrily accusing his mother of only seeing him as a weapon and nothing more. Unlike his other siblings, Hypnos actively joins the fight, battling the Titan alongside Nyx before Nico takes control of the cacodemons. The Sun and the Star: A Nico di Angelo AdventureĪlongside Nemesis, Epiales and a monster army, Hypnos joins his mother Nyx in confronting Nico di Angelo, Will Solace, Bob and Small Bob at the Mansion of Night. While looking among Caligula's shoes for the ones he will need to cross the labyrinth, Apollo finds a pair of Hypnos' shoes. Zeus stopped his pursuit of Hypnos fearing Nyx.Īpollo mentions Hypnos when remembering the time he and Hephaestus had to wrestle him out of Artemis' private chambers on Olympus after he had sleepwalked into the location. Hypnos then fled to the Mansion of Night in fear of Zeus' wrath. She told them that Hypnos once put Zeus in a deep sleep. When Annabeth Chase and Percy Jackson were in the Mansion of Night, Nyx mentioned Hypnos. Hypnos tries to get his mother to go easy on the son of Hades as Ephialtes and Otis arrive and ask for the son of Hades. One day, as Nyx is griping about her children to him, the pair find Nico di Angelo. Percy hoped this would prevent unclaimed demigods from getting frustrated with the gods and causing another war such as the Second Olympian War.Ĭlovis talks about his father when Annabeth Chase brings Jason Grace to him in an attempt to restore the son of Jupiter's memories.Īfter Kronos is defeated, he hides in his mother's domain to avoid the other gods. Percy Jackson and the Olympians The Last OlympianĪ cabin is built at Camp Half-Blood for Hypnos's children after the Battle of Manhattan when Percy Jackson makes all the Olympian gods and goddesses swear an oath on the River Styx to honor the minor gods and goddesses and to claim their demigod children when their children reach the age of thirteen. When Endymion was granted immortality and eternal youth by means of endless sleep, he received the power to sleep with his eyes open by Hypnos so he could constantly watch his beloved Selene. The reason Hypnos granted him this gift was because the god of sleep loved the young king/prince/shepherd and thus could always gaze in his beautiful eyes. Although Hypnos was not one of the most active gods of that time, he was famous for the role he had played in the story of Endymion and Selene, the Titaness of the Moon. His palace was a dark cave where the sun never shines and River Lethe flowed beside it. Zeus never found out that Hypnos had betrayed him again. But in that short time, the Akhaians had turned the battle back on the Trojans. Finally, his bellowing and screeching roused Zeus from his slumber. Poseidon strode through the ranks of soldiers and urged them on. When the father of gods was dulled by pleasure and sleep, Hypnos flew to Poseidon and urged him to increase his efforts in helping the Akhaians because Zeus was asleep and unaware of his meddling. He stayed hidden until Hera had seduced Zeus. He turned himself into a bird and, before Zeus could see him, hid in the top of the trees on Mount Ida. He agreed to help her deceive Zeus for the hand of Pasithea, one of the Graces. In preparation for this new deception, Hypnos made Hera swear oaths of her sincerity. At first, Hera offered Hypnos a golden throne crafted by Hephaestus, but she was forced to raise the price when Hypnos reminded her of the only time he had dared cast sleep on Zeus. She wanted Hypnos to cast a spell of sleep on Zeus, but he refused. ![]() Zeus overcame his anger and simply warned Hypnos not to try such a trick again, and Hypnos went unpunished.ĭuring the Trojan War, Hera wanted to distract Zeus from the battle so she could assist the Akhaians, who seemed to be losing the war. He searched for Hypnos and finally found him hiding in the arms of his mother, Nyx. Long before the Trojan War, Hera was angry at Hercules, and she persuaded Hypnos to make Zeus sleep while she tormented the hero. 5 The Sun and the Star: A Nico di Angelo Adventure. ![]()
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