Who was Sarpedon?

Added: 21 January 2009
Sarpedon, a hero of the Trojan War, a son of Zeus and Laodamia, commanded the Lycian contingent on the side of the Trojans, and was killed by Patroclus. At Lydae, up the hill from Ay Liman ('port of the moon'), there is the broken remains of a white marble tomb of exquisite design, probably Roman, with the name Sarpedon on the side. We visit this site frequently.

The highly prized Euphronios Krater (circa. 515BC, pictured) has recently been returned from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (which paid $1m for it) to Italy from where it was stolen from a large Etruscan tomb at Cerveteri, 30 miles north of Rome. The vase features a scene with Hermes directing Sleep and Death - see their wings - to lift the beautifully drawn body of Sarpedon. It is said to be the only complete example of 27 surviving vases painted by the renowned Greek artist Euphronios and is regarded by the Metropolitan Museum of Art to be among the ten greatest works created in the Western world.

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