Icelus

"Semblance." The son of Hypnos, and brother of Morpheus, was believed to shape the dreams which came to man, whence he derived his name. The gods, says Ovid, called him Icelus, but men called him Phobetor.

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References

Sources

  • Ovid. Metamorphoses xi, 573-649.
  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.

This article incorporates text from Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1870) by William Smith, which is in the public domain.