AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED LEKYTHOS
circa 520 b.c.
With Hypnos putting Alkyoneus to sleep, the bearded giant leaning against a rock, his left leg folded beneath him, his right leg extended, holding his club in his right hand, his head turned back, his eye closed, a fillet in added red in his long hair, with winged Hypnos sitting on the giant's right knee, while three rams from the giant's herd look on from the left, a rocky outcrop behind, with vines in the field; a net-pattern and two lines above, a broad black band below, with four palmettes and dots on the shoulders, vertical lines above
87/8 in. (22.54 cm) high