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Sarpedon, son of Zeus, was slain in the Trojan War. A struggle took place for the possession of his body until Apollo rescued it from the Greeks, washed it, anointed it with ambrosia, and handed it over to Hypnos and Thanatos to be buried.
Art by Swiss painter Henry Fuseli.
Created in 1911, "Le Spectre d'une Rose" had Tamara Karsavina danced the Young Girl and Vaslav Nijinsky as the Spectre. The ballet became emblematic for Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes.
Recent colorization of vintage pics
Playbill by Jean Cocteau
Illustration by George Barbier (1913)
Torn Apart
Art by American artist Wayne Douglas Barlowe (b.1958).
The Birth Of Venus.
Art by Hungarian, Jewish artist Adolf Hiremy-Hirschl (1860-1933).