MORPHEUS, in fabulous history, the god of sleep, or, according to others, one of the ministers of Somnus. He caused drowsiness, and represented the forms of dreams.
Ovid styles him the kindest of the deities; and he is usually described in a recumbent posture, crowned with peppies.
MORRHINA or MURRHINA VASA, were a sort of cup or vases made use of by the ancients. Authors are not agreed as to the substance of which they were made. Some say they were of stone; others assert that they were made of a fluid condensed by being buried under ground. All that we know concerning the matter is, that this kind of cup was known by the name of murrha, and that Heliogabalus's chamber-pot was made of it. The word is sometimes written myrrhina.