Nyx (Illustration) - World History Encyclopedia

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by MET New York
published on 16 January 2017

A black-figure vase depicting Nyx, the personification of Night in Greek mythology. Below her is Helios, the Sun. Sappho Painter, c. 500 BCE (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

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