The Silent Gods:Orpheus, Persephone, Hephaestus & Achilles | Greek Myths for Sleep | Calm Story

This calm story blends history with sleep stories in a gentle bedtime history journey through world history — thoughtful stories for sleep told in a soft history channel tone. A hearthside bedtime story and dark-screen sleep video with bedtime stories for adults to learn history and even learn while you sleep. Expect relaxing history, true sleep story history, touches of a day in medieval times, cozy history by the fire, and relaxing narration — a sleepy story for stress, a bit of weird history, a good night story to help you fall asleep fast. Unwind to a calm story designed to quiet your thoughts and ease you into deep rest. We’ll wander through Greek myth — the tragic love of Orpheus and Eurydice, the sorrow of Persephone and Demeter, the fire and defiance of Hephaestus, and the early destiny of Achilles — crafted as calm, reflective sleep stories that double as bedtime history. Ideal for late-night listening, sleep meditation, and adult relaxation: no bright visuals, just the crackle of a gentle fireplace and an even, reassuring pace. Press play, dim the room, and let this history-rich lullaby guide you softly toward sleep. 👉 Watch the full playlist here:    • Playlist   #sleepstories #boringhistoryforsleep #bedtimehistory #storiesforsleep #history Based on: • Homer, The Iliad — Books I–XXIV (Achilles, Thetis, and the Trojan War) • Apollodorus, Library — Book III (The birth of Achilles, prophecy, and Chiron’s tutelage) • Hesiod, Theogony — Lines 927–929 (Thetis, Peleus, and the marriage decree by Zeus) • Ovid, Metamorphoses — Book XI (The story of Orpheus and Eurydice) • Hyginus, Fabulae — §§ 54, 97, 155 (The rituals of Thetis, Achilles’ near immortality, and the River Styx myth) • Pausanias, Description of Greece — Book X (Local myths on Achilles and Thetis) • Pindar, Isthmian Odes — Ode 8 (Chiron and the education of Achilles) • Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound — Lines 60–300 (Hephaestus and the forging of Prometheus’s chains) • Homeric Hymn to Demeter — (Cycle of Persephone and the seasons) • Homeric Hymn to Hephaestus — (The outcast god, his forge, and divine craftsmanship) #sleepstories #boringhistoryforsleep #bedtimehistory #storiesforsleep #history