They represented nearly everything in the world and human experience including ideals, vices, physical attributes, and emotions. While the major gods of Olympus are unique and often complex characters, the more numerous personified spirits made up the majority of the Greek deities. The personified dreams were among many such spirits in the Greek pantheon. Among the thousand Oneiroi, Morpheus was one of the few who was named. The Oneiroi were dark, winged spirits who flew forth every night to bring both true and false dreams to mankind. Hypnos’s mother was Nyx, the primordial goddess of the night, and his brother was Thanatos, the personification of death. Their father was Hypnos, the personified spirit of sleep. Morpheus was the leader of the Oneiroi, the personifications of dreams. What is a mystery, however, is whether Morpheus was a Greek deity at all. One work from ancient literature clearly describes the daimon and his abilities. How Morpheus got his name is not a mystery. He was one of a thousand spirits who carried visions, both true and false, to men as they slept. Morpheus was not, however, the only god of dreams in ancient Greece. While morphe was the word for formation, he was a spirit associated with dreams. One of these was Morpheus, but he was one of the rare personifications whose name did not match what he’s commonly associated with. Harmonia was the personification of harmony, Pheme was fame, and Mania was frenzy. Many of these spirits can be recognized by modern readers because, although they were minor gods, the words that gave them their names have been handed down to us from Greek. Most of these were daimones, the personifications of various concepts, emotions, and ideas. The mythology of ancient Greece contained many minor gods and goddesses.