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Fig. 43: The Winged Gods Thanatos (Death) and Hiypnos (Sleep)
carry the body of Sarpedon to Lycia. Bell Crater. 4th BC Metropolitan
Museum of Art.
“Dear phoibos (Apolon), go now,
Take Sarpedon away from under the pike rain
Wipe black blood from his body
Take it away, wash it in the waters of the river
Dress in divine garments
Give to the twin gods, sleep and death’s hand,
Let them take it quickly and leave it to the fertile Lycian soil.
His brothers and relatives bury him there,
In a tomb, under an inscribed stone.
That is the respect to be given to mortals.”
(İl . X V I , 668 vd.)

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