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Pasithea

Greek mythology
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  • Hypnos and Thanatos carrying the body of Sarpedon, detail of a painting on a kylix from Vulci (an Etruscan town known for its pottery), signed by Pamphaios, c. 510 bc; in the British Museum, London.
    Hypnos

    …his services, Hypnos is given Pasithea, one of the Graces, to wed. In Book XVI of the Iliad, Hypnos and Thanatos carry the body of Sarpedon home to Lycia after he is slain by Patroclus, a scene depicted in the 6th century bc by the Greek artist Euphronius and others.

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    …his services, Hypnos is given Pasithea, one of the Graces, to wed. In Book XVI of the Iliad, Hypnos and Thanatos carry the body of Sarpedon home to Lycia after he is slain by Patroclus, a scene depicted in the 6th century bc by the Greek artist Euphronius and others.

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