Editing Hypnos (section)

==Hypnos in art==
[[File:Dioniso scopre arianna, da casa dei capitelli colorati a pompei, 9278 (cropped).JPG|thumb|left|[[Ariadne]] asleep at Hypnos's side. Detail of ancient fresco in [[Pompeii]]]][[File:British Museum - Room 22 (17321719776).jpg|thumb|[[Bronze Head of Hypnos from Civitella d'Arna|Bronze Head of Hypnos]] found in Civitella d'Arno, Italy<ref>[[British Museum]] [https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1868-0606-9 1868,0606.9].</ref>]]
Hypnos appears in numerous works of art, most of which are vases. An example of one vase that Hypnos is featured on is called "Ariadne Abandoned by Theseus," which is part of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston's collection. In this vase, Hypnos is shown as a winged god dripping Lethean water upon the head of Ariadne as she sleeps.<ref>"Ancient Greek Art: Ariadne Abandoned by Theseus." Ancient Greek Art: Ariadne Abandoned by Theseus. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Oct. 2013.</ref>

There are only three bronze statues featuring Hypnos known to be found in the Roman world. The first one was found in mid-19th century in Civitella d'Arno (Italy), kept in the British Museum in London since 1868. This bronze head has wings sprouting from his temples and the hair is elaborately arranged, some tying in knots and some hanging freely from his head.<ref>"Bronze Head of Hypnos." British Museum -. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Oct. 2013.</ref> The second one, a torsus, was found in Jumilla (Spain) in 1893 and is now exhibited at the Berlin antiquities collection. The most recent discovery took place in 1988 in Almedinilla (also in Spain), where bronze statue almost intact of Hypnos was found in a Roman villa dated in the 2nd century A.D. It is kept in the local History & Archaeology Museum.

The National Roman Museum of the Italian capital keeps an Hypnos marble head found in [[Hadrian's Villa]], built around 120 AD by Emperor [[Hadrian]] in [[Tivoli, Lazio|Tivoli]] as a retreat not far from Rome.