Sarpedon

It is from the bridge of one of these small ships -- the "Sarpedon" of 7,000 tons -- that this sketchy survey of the Empire in Africa and the Middle East must, must in any event, begin.

The Empire in Africa and the Middle East 1946

These, like the "Sarpedon", were veterans: they knew their job.

The Empire in Africa and the Middle East 1946

The table cloth of white cloud was thoughtfully spread over Table Mountain and the Cape Rollers rolled and rocked our stout-hearted "Sarpedon".

The Empire in Africa and the Middle East 1946

Among the star-studded objects on view is the Euphronios krater above left – it won’t actually be on view in the exhibit until the middle of January, sometimes known as the Sarpedon krater, an ancient Greek bowl used for mixing wine with water which was created around the year 515 BC.

2007 December 23 archive at eternallycool.net 2007

Among the star-studded objects on view is the Euphronios krater above left – it won’t actually be on view in the exhibit until the middle of January, sometimes known as the Sarpedon krater, an ancient Greek bowl used for mixing wine with water which was created around the year 515 BC.

Lost and Found at the Quirinale Palace at eternallycool.net 2007

"Sarpedon," said he, "councillor of the Lycians, why should you come skulking here you who are a man of peace?

The Iliad 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1868

She spontaneously revealed to Mr. Ferri that she had been told by Dietrich von Bothmer, curator of Greek and Roman art at the Metropolitan, that he could point out the tomb at Cerveteri an Etruscan city north of Rome where a tombarolo, or looter, had excavated the famous Greek vase painted by Euphronios with a depiction of the death of Sarpedon.

The Beautiful and the True Malcolm Bell 2011

Hector, sure, is probably the most sympathetic character in the poem, and Sarpedon, in his one significant speech, comes off looking very good.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Important New Translation of the Iliad: 2009

The illustration on its front portrays an episode from Homer's Iliad: the death of Sarpedon, a son of Zeus who fought the Greeks in the Trojan War, as personifications of Death and Sleep take away the fallen warrior's body for burial.

A Celebrity in Low-Key Digs 2009

Metropolitan Museum of Art The Euphronios krater, depicting the body of Sarpedon being transported by Sleep and Death, was roiled in controversy for decades.

A Celebrity in Low-Key Digs 2009