Sarpedon

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

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noun Classical Mythology.

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

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Sarpedon lies low, the man who first broke through 536 the wall of the Greeks.
The Iliad of Homer (1873)
Homer
Glaucus was overcome with grief when he heard what Sarpedon said, for he could not help him.
The Iliad
Homer
Did not Sarpedon fall, and didst thou not leave him to be a prey to the dogs?
Stories of the Old world
Alfred John Church
But of the allies Sarpedon was the leader, and with him were Glaucus and Asteropus.
Stories of the Old world
Alfred John Church
But at the last Zeus stirred up the heart of his own son, Sarpedon.
Stories of the Old world
Alfred John Church

British Dictionary definitions for sarpedon

Sarpedon

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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Sarpedon

Examples from the Web for sarpedon

Historical Examples

Sarpedon lies low, the man who first broke through 536 the wall of the Greeks.

Glaucus was overcome with grief when he heard what Sarpedon said, for he could not help him.

Did not Sarpedon fall, and didst thou not leave him to be a prey to the dogs?

But of the allies Sarpedon was the leader, and with him were Glaucus and Asteropus.

But at the last Zeus stirred up the heart of his own son, Sarpedon.

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