Per Wiki "The hammock has been attributed as the invention of the Athenian statesman Alcibiades (c. 450–404 BC), a student of the Greek philosopher Socrates.

Other sources claim that the hammock was invented by Pre-Columbian native inhabitants of the Amazon Basin of South America. It continues to be produced widely throughout that region, including among the Urarina people of the Peruvian Amazon. Though it is unknown who exactly first invented the hammock, many maintain that it was a device created out of tradition and need. The English language derivation of hammock and various European equivalents is borrowed from the Spanish hamaca or hamac around 1700, in turn taken from a Taíno culture Arawakan word (Haiti) meaning "fish net"."
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