THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art | Greek mythology | Sarpedon (junior) (Lycian king)
1. CERAMICS. Greece.
Hypnos and Thanatos carry the corpse of Sarpedon at the presence of Hermes.
Red-figure calyx-krater (side A). Attic.
Signed by Euxitheos as potter and by Euphronios as painter.
Terracotta.
Ca. 515—510 BCE.
Inv. Nos. ex 1972.11.10 / ex L.2006.10.
Cerveteri, Cerite National Museum “Claudia Ruspoli”.
2. SCULPTURE. Etruria.
The duel between Eteocles and Polynices. (Variant: Death of Patroclus.)
Relief of the front of Etruscan cinerary urn.
Alabaster. 2nd century BCE.
Inv. No. 28136.
Verona, Museum-Lapidarium of Maffei.