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by Ancient Greek (Unknown), -515
Ancient Greek The Euphronios Krater is a wine-mixing bowl painted this around 515 BCE by the Athenian potter Euxitheos and painted by Euphronios. It depicts the death of Sarpedon from Homer's Iliad: the hero's body lifted by Sleep and Death while Hermes directs them.
The red-figure technique (painting figures in red clay against black) allowed unprecedented detail. Euphronios's anatomy and foreshortening were radical for their time. The Met returned this krater to Italy in 2008 after evidence showed it had been looted. A reproduction now stands in its place at the Metropolitan Museum.

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