The spirit of the Trojan War on the artwork of the city
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The spirit of the Trojan War on the artwork of the city
Sarpedon the prince or king of Lycia who participated in the Trojan War and died in it was the son of Zeus and Laotamia and the leader of the Lycian army. Sarpedon was killed on the battlefield by Patroclus a close friend of Achilles while Patroclus was fighting in Achilles armor during the Trojan War and defeating the Lycian army led by King Sarpedon. The fate of the gods Sarpedon's body was cleansed before being given to the god of dreams Hypnos and the god of death Thanatos to be returned to his homeland in Lycia for a dignified burial.
An ancient Greek vase depicts a scene where Hypnos the god of dreams or sleep and Thanatos the god of death are helping to carry and move the lifeless body of a warrior often identified as Sarpedon a hero in the Battle of Torin.
It is believed that the ancient Greeks created large pottery vases depicting the twin gods of death Thanatos and Hypnos. The tomb contains the remains of the hero Sarpedon of Lycia. The god of sleep and Thanatos god of death are seen carrying the body of Sarpedon the Trojan hero out of the battlefield.
The oil painting titled Sarpédon or Death and Sleep bearing to Jupiter the Body of Sarpedon by the French painter Henri-Léopold Lévy was painted in 1874.
In pottery or depictions the lifeless body of Sarpedon is being moved by Hypnos and Thanatos while his spirit in the form of Psyche floats nearby. Alcestis once a princess in Greek and Roman mythology is famous worldwide for her great love and sacrifice for her husband King Admetus of Phyre. The Alcestis princess died and was taken to the underworld but the hero Heracles fought the god of death Thanatos or Hades at her tomb and rescued her returning her to the human world and her husband's embrace.
