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Sarpedon
[ sahr-peed-n, -pee-don ]
noun
, Classical Mythology.
- a Lycian prince, son of Zeus, killed by Patroclus in the Trojan War.
Sarpedon
/ sɑːˈpiːdɒn /
noun
- Greek myth a son of Zeus and Laodameia, or perhaps Europa, and king of Lycia. He was slain by Patroclus while fighting on behalf of the Trojans
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One of the cases most commonly cited is the fight of Tlepolemos and Sarpedon.
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Suppose that I am not Sarpedon, the son of Zeus, nor able to speak in this noble way.
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But Ajax slew Epicles, a comrade of Sarpedon, smiting him on the head with a mighty stone, and crushing all the bones of his head.
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And so the battle raged, till no one would have known the great Sarpedon, so covered was he with spears and blood and dust.
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The master of gods and men expressly declares that he cannot prevent his son Sarpedon from dying at the time appointed.
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