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Greek Vase Painting--Death of Sarpedon

Visit the fields of Troy as phalanxes of Greeks advance upon the Trojans. There, according to the Iliad, Sarpedon was killed by Patroclus, a scene memorialized in Euphronios’s red-figure vase painting. Learn how artists represented death and what techniques artists used to tell a coherent story on a round vase.

English
  • Originally Aired April 4, 2013
  • Runtime 30 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-G
  • Network The Great Courses
  • Created September 28, 2021 by
    blueflinko
  • Modified July 23, 2024 by
    BigDaddy_JC