![]() Brown outline throughout, except wings, which are in black outline hair in black or brown strokes on brown wash body of Hypnos, thinned red wash taeniae and mantle of warrior red with black folds. Détail dun lécythe attique à fond blanc, vers 440 av. ![]() Français : Hypnos et Thanatos emportant le corps de Sarpédon du champ de bataille à Troie. As a reward for his services, Hypnos is given Pasithea, one of the Graces, to wed. Thanatos has also been portrayed as a slumbering infant in the arms of his mother Nyx, or as a youth carrying a butterfly (the ancient Greek word '' can mean soul or butterfly, or life, amongst other things) or a wreath of poppies (poppies were associated with Hypnos and Thanatos because of their hypnogogic traits and the eventual death. Hypnos wird in der Darstellung deutlich von Thanatos abge. Once a king, now a lonely shepherd of dreams. With favring aspect to my prayr incline, and save thy mystics in their works divine. For Death and Lethe with oblivious stream, mankind thy genuine brothers justly deem. Detail from an Attic white-ground lekythos, ca. Zusammenhang mit Thanatos her verstanden wird, sondern aufgrund der ihr eigenen Attribute. Tamer of cares, to weary toil repose, from whom sweet solace in affliction flows. A bearded winged figure (Thanatos) bends forward, supporting with his left the thighs, with his right the lower part of the legs the beard of this figure is shaggy and the hair straight on his body are markings in red, as if of plumage.ĭrawing of good period. Hypnos, sleep, and Thanatos, death, two twin brothers reunited About this artwork: Classification, Techniques & Styles Oil Paint consisting of pigments bound. English: Hypnos and Thanatos carrying the body of Sarpedon from the battlefield of Troy. The body of the warrior is about to be laid, with feet to left, on the upper plinth it has a cuirass, and a mantle is rolled up over the arms the head, which is beardless, is held by a youthful winged figure (Hypnos), who places his hand under the warrior's arms, resting the head against his breast. Dimensions 49 cm (19 ¼ in.), total height Collection institution QS:P195,Q6373 Current location Main floor, room 19: Greece: Athens Accession number Cat. About one quarter of the way down from the top is a band of egg pattern, above which is painted a helmet with long hanging crest to right, the eye-holes filled in with red. Français : Hypnos et Thanatos emportant le corps de Sarpédon du champ de bataille à Troie. The tomb is in the form of a plain stele on a double plinth, decorated with numerous taeniae, and surmounted by a double projecting moulding. ![]() ![]() Thanatos (Death) and Hypnos (Sleep) (?) bringing dead warrior to tomb. ![]()
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