Ρωμιοπούλου, Κ.Sleeping Erotes in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens. Hellenistic plastic arts introduced a whole range of sleeping or resting types and styles; among them is the type of sleeping Eros in childlike appearance, which acquired great popularity in Roman times as a decorative statue for gardens or as a funerary statue symbolizing heroisation. The relation of Hypnos (Sleep) and Thanatos (Death) has been suggested as the reason for this subject becoming so popular in litterature and art. In this article are presented two unpublished statuettes of sleeping Eros depicting two different types of Eros, products of Attic workshops. They are dated around the end of 1st and in the 2nd cent. AD.Sleeping Erotes in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens. Hellenistic plastic arts introduced a whole range of sleeping or resting types and styles; among them is the type of sleeping Eros in childlike appearance, which acquired great popularity in Roman times as a decorative statue for gardens or as a funerary statue symbolizing heroisation. The relation of Hypnos (Sleep) and Thanatos (Death) has been suggested as the reason for this subject becoming so popular in litterature and art. In this article are presented two unpublished statuettes of sleeping Eros depicting two different types of Eros, products of Attic workshops. They are dated around the end of 1st and in the 2nd cent. AD.application/pdfhttps://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/eulimene/article/view/32701greΜεσογειακή Αρχαιολογική Εταιρεία /Mediterranean Archaeological Society1108-58002945-0357ΕΥΛΙΜΕΝΗ; ΕΥΛΙΜΕΝΗ 2 (2001); 93-96EULIMENE; EULIMENE 2 (2001); 93-96ErosStatuettesSpeepPlastic artsDeathΠτηνοὶ Ἔρωτες ὕπνω εὓδοντεςΠτηνοὶ Ἔρωτες ὕπνω εὓδοντεςinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion2001-12-31Ιστορία και ΑρχαιολογίαHistory and ArchaeologyFrascati 42Δημοσίευση σε περιοδικόPublication in journalΕπιστημονικό άρθροScientific articleΜεσογειακή Αρχαιολογική ΕταιρείαGreek Aggregator OpenArchives.gr | National Documentation Centre (EKT)other