Pasithea’s Family Tree

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Family

• Hypnos(spouse),Morpheus(child),Phantasos(child),Phobetor(child)— Marriage

  Hera promised Hypnos the Grace Pasithea as his bride if he would put Zeus to sleep during the Trojan War. Their union produced the Oneiroi — Morpheus, who takes human form in dreams, Phobetor, who appears as beasts and serpents, and Phantasos, who fashions visions of earth, water, and stone.

  ⚠ Hesiod's Theogony 212 names the Oneiroi as children of Nyx alone; Ovid's Metamorphoses 11 attributes them to Somnus (Hypnos).

Member of

• Charites

  Pasithea is counted among the Charites (Graces) in some traditions. While Hesiod names three Graces — Aglaea, Euphrosyne, and Thalia — later sources include Pasithea as an additional or alternative member.

Associated with

• Phantasos

  Pasithea, one of the Charites promised to Hypnos by Hera, is sometimes named as the mother of Phantasos and the other Oneiroi in variant traditions.

• Phobetor

  Pasithea, one of the Charites promised to Hypnos by Hera, is sometimes named as the mother of Phobetor and the other Oneiroi in variant traditions.