Red figure pottery- (The Sarpedon krater or Euphronios krater )

515-510 B.C Signed by the potter Euxitheos and the vase-painter Euphronios. Hypnos (Sleep) and Thanatos (Death), assisted by Hermes while transporting the body of Sarpedon to his home town, Lycia. Once the masterpiece of the Met’s ancient vase collection, it is now at its permanent home, Villa Giulia Museum. Villa Giulia Museum.
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