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Side A of the so-called “Euphronios krater”: Sarpedon’s body carried by Hypnos and Thanatos (Sleep and Death), while Hermes watches.
Attic red-figured calyx-krater signed by Euxitheos (potter) and Euphronios (painter), c. 515 BCE.
H. 45.7 cm (18 in.); D. 55.1 cm (21 11/16 in.).
Formerly in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; returned to Italy in 2008 CE.
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Original image by Jaime Ardiles-Arce. Uploaded by Ibolya Horváth, published on 08 September 2020. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: Public Domain. This item is in the public domain, and can be used, copied, and modified without any restrictions. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.
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Ardiles-Arce, J. (2020, September 08). Sarpedon Krater. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/12685/sarpedon-krater/
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