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N13.2 HYPNOS & THE BODY OF SARPEDON

Hypnos & Body of Sarpedon | Attic red figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection British Museum, London
Catalogue No. London 1876,0328.1
Beazley Archive No. -
Ware Attic Red Figure (White Ground)
Shape Lekythos
Painter Name Vase of the Thanatos Painter
Date ca. 435 - 425 B.C.
Period Classical

DESCRIPTION

Hypnos (Sleep) carries the body of Sarpedon from the battlefields of Troy. The god is depicted as a beardless, white winged youth. His twin brother Thanatos (Death) (not shown) is similar in form but bearded.

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Hypnos