Lekythos
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A lekythos is a type of ancient Greek vessel used for storing oil, especially olive oil. It has a narrow body and one handle attached to the neck of the vessel, and is thus a narrow type of jug, with
Hypnos and Thanatos carrying the body of Sarpedon from the battlefield of Troy; detail from an Attic white-ground lekythos, c. 440 BC
A red-figure pottery (terracotta) "kerch" style lekythos depicting a nymph and satyr playing a game of knucklebones, with two Eros figures (standing between Aphrodite) offering laurel wreaths of victory to the nymph and to a youth, c. 350 BC
A lekythos in Gnathia style with Eros depicted playing with a ball, Apulian vase painting, third quarter of the 4th century BC
Attic white ground lekythos, c. 490 BC, Achilles dragging the body of Hector
Hypnos
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In Greek mythology, Hypnos, also spelled Hypnus, is the personification of sleep. The Roman equivalent is Somnus. His name is the origin of the word hypnosis. Pausanias wrote that Hypnos was the deare
Hypnos (left) and Thanatos (right) carry the body of Sarpedon while Hermes watches, Euphronios Krater, an Attic red-figure calyx-krater, c. 515–510 BC
Hypnos marble head (National Roman Museum, Rome)
Ariadne asleep at Hypnos's side. Detail of ancient fresco in Pompeii