Sarpedon

[ sahr-peed-n, -pee-don ]

/ sɑrˈpid n, -ˈpi dɒn /

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noun Classical Mythology.

a Lycian prince, son of Zeus, killed by Patroclus in the Trojan War.

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How to use Sarpedon in a sentence

One of the cases most commonly cited is the fight of Tlepolemos and Sarpedon.
The Heroic Age|H. Munro Chadwick
Suppose that I am not Sarpedon, the son of Zeus, nor able to speak in this noble way.
A Selection from the Discourses of Epictetus With the Encheiridion|Epictetus
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.
Stories of the Old world|Alfred John Church
And so the battle raged, till no one would have known the great Sarpedon, so covered was he with spears and blood and dust.
Stories of the Old world|Alfred John Church

The master of gods and men expressly declares that he cannot prevent his son Sarpedon from dying at the time appointed.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 3 (of 10)|Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)

British Dictionary definitions for Sarpedon

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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