god
Morpheus
also: Морфей, Морфея
The Greek god of dreams, invoked in Roman and later European literary tradition as the personification of sleep itself; "Morpheus's business" is a stock flourish for the moment of drifting off.
Reading notes
- Proper Measures §110 arms of Morpheus
A stock literary flourish -- "in the arms of Morpheus," the Greek god of dreams -- here deployed by the drunken police inspector as an absurdly high-flown euphemism for passing out.
- Ran Into It §3 Morpheus
The Greek god of dreams and sleep; "Morpheus's business was all but done" is a stock literary flourish for the moment just before drifting off.