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Etruscan art
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Etruscan art was produced by the Etruscan civilization in central Italy between the 10th and 1st centuries BC. From around 750 BC it was heavily influenced by Greek art, which was imported by the Etru
Bronze cista handle with Sleep and Death Carrying off the Slain Sarpedon, 400–380 BC, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland.
Bronze cista handle with Sleep and Death Carrying off the Slain Sarpedon, 400–380 BC, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland.
Fragments from a temple pediment group in terracotta, late period, National Archaeological Museum, Florence.
Fragments from a temple pediment group in terracotta, late period, National Archaeological Museum, Florence.
Cista depicting a Dionysian Revel and Perseus with Medusa's Head from Praeneste, 4th century BC. The complex engraved images are hard to see here. Wal
Cista depicting a Dionysian Revel and Perseus with Medusa's Head from Praeneste, 4th century BC. The complex engraved images are hard to see here. Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
Relief mirror-back with "Herekele" (Hercules) seizing Mlacuch (500–475 BC)
Relief mirror-back with "Herekele" (Hercules) seizing Mlacuch (500–475 BC)
Sarpedon (Trojan War hero)
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In Greek mythology, Sarpedon was a son of Zeus, who fought on the side of Troy in the Trojan War. Although in the Iliad, he was the son of Zeus and Laodamia, the daughter of Bellerophon, in the later
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…Bronze cista handle with Sleep and Death Carrying off the Slain Sarpedon, 400–380 BC, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland. Fragments from a temple pediment group in terracotta, late period, National Archaeological Museum…
Hypnos and Thanatos carrying the body of Sarpedon from the battlefield of Troy; detail from an Attic white-ground lekythos, ca. 440 BC.
Hypnos and Thanatos carrying the body of Sarpedon from the battlefield of Troy; detail from an Attic white-ground lekythos, ca. 440 BC.
The death of Sarpedon, depicted on the obverse of Euphronios Krater, also called the Sarpedon Krater, c. 515 BC
The death of Sarpedon, depicted on the obverse of Euphronios Krater, also called the Sarpedon Krater, c. 515 BC
Above: Sarpedon (only his legs) being carried by Hypnos and Thanatos. Below: the Amazon queen Penthesilea being killed by Achilles. Red-figure hydria
Above: Sarpedon (only his legs) being carried by Hypnos and Thanatos. Below: the Amazon queen Penthesilea being killed by Achilles. Red-figure hydria by the Policoro Painter from Heraclea, c. 400 BC
Sarpedon carried away by Sleep and Death, by Henry Fuseli, 1803.
Sarpedon carried away by Sleep and Death, by Henry Fuseli, 1803.