Three ancient Greek aviating allodynes
With Hermes Psychopomps wingèd head and foot
in the background,
Ὕπνος—Sleep (left) and his twin brother Θάνατος—Death
(right)
take up the corpse of Sarpedon for aerial transportation
from
the Troad where he has perished in battle to his
distant
native land of Lykia (Iliad 16: 682-3)
[Attic red-figure vase, end of 6th century b. C.]
More instances of wingèd Hermes
[Left: Attic black-figure vase, late 6th century b. C.
Right: frieze on a bronze cista, 3rd century
b. C.]
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More ancient Greek fliers