Pasithea
One of the Charites, the Grace of rest and relaxation, given in marriage to the god Hypnos.
The Myth of Pasithea
Pasithea was one of the younger Charites (Graces), sometimes called the fourth Grace alongside Aglaea, Euphrosyne, and Thalia. Her name means "all-divine" or possibly "universal sight." In the Iliad, Hera bribes Hypnos (Sleep) to put Zeus to sleep by promising him Pasithea as his bride — something Hypnos had long desired. This arrangement suggests Pasithea presided over restful relaxation, the peaceful ease that sleep brings. In some Neoplatonist texts she is associated with hallucination and altered states of perception, connecting the relaxation of ordinary consciousness with the visions that appear in that threshold state between waking and sleep.
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