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title: Thanatos & Hypnos with Sarpedon
author: Peter Roan
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15753/thanatos--hypnos-with-sarpedon/
format: machine-readable-alternate
license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Thanatos & Hypnos with Sarpedon

_Authored by Peter Roan_

## Image File

[![Thanatos & Hypnos with Sarpedon](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/15753.png)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/15753.png)

## Image Caption

A detail of a [black-figure pottery](https://www.worldhistory.org/Black_Figure_Pottery/) vase showing [Thanatos](https://www.worldhistory.org/Thanatos/) ([Death](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Death/)) and Hypnos (Sleep) carrying the dead body of the hero [Sarpedon](https://www.worldhistory.org/Sarpedon/). Made around 500 BCE in Attica, [Greece](https://www.worldhistory.org/greece/). (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

## Cite This Work

### APA
Roan, P. (2022, April 28). Thanatos & Hypnos with Sarpedon. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15753/thanatos--hypnos-with-sarpedon/>
### Chicago
Roan, Peter. "Thanatos & Hypnos with Sarpedon." *World History Encyclopedia*, April 28, 2022. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15753/thanatos--hypnos-with-sarpedon/>.
### MLA
Roan, Peter. "Thanatos & Hypnos with Sarpedon." *World History Encyclopedia*, 28 Apr 2022, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15753/thanatos--hypnos-with-sarpedon/>.

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