Sarpedon

Sar·pe·don

S0092800 (sär-pēd′n, -pē′dŏn)n. Greek Mythology A son of Zeus and Europa who became king of Lycia and was killed by Patroclus in the Trojan War.

Sarpedon

(sɑːˈpiːdɒn) n (Classical Myth & Legend) 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

Sar•pe•don

(sɑrˈpid n, -ˈpi dɒn)

n. (in Greek myth) a son of Zeus and king of the Lycians, killed in the Trojan War.

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Sarpedon - (Greek mythology) a son of Zeus who became king of Lycia; fought on behalf of the Trojans in the Trojan War and was killed by PatroclusGreek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks

Sarpedon

(särpē`dən), in Greek mythology, son of ZeusZeus
, in Greek religion and mythology, son and successor of Kronos as supreme god. His mother, Rhea, immediately after his birth concealed him from Kronos, who, because he was fated to be overthrown by one of his children, ate all his offspring.
..... Click the link for more information. and Laodamia, who was the daughter of BellerophonBellerophon
, in Greek mythology, son of Glaucus (3;) originally called Hipponoüs. He changed his name after he murdered a countryman and was forced to flee to exile.
..... Click the link for more information. . In the Iliad, as an ally of the Trojans, Sarpedon courageously led the Lycians against the Greeks in the Trojan War. He was killed by Patroclus, and Zeus had him carried back to LyciaLycia
, ancient country, SW Asia Minor. Egyptian sources ally the Lycians to the Hittites at the time of Ramses II; the Lycians spoke an Anatolian language. Lycia was frequently mentioned by Homer in Greek mythology.
..... Click the link for more information. for a hero's burial. According to post-Homeric legend, Sarpedon was the son of Zeus and EuropaEuropa
, in Greek mythology, daughter of Agenor and Telephassa. Zeus, enamored of her, appeared as a white bull, enticed her to climb on his back, and swam off with her to Crete. There she bore him Minos, Rhadamanthus, and Sarpedon.
..... Click the link for more information. who, after a quarrel with his brother MinosMinos
, in Greek mythology, king of Crete, son of Zeus and Europa. He was the husband of Pasiphaë, who bore him Androgeus, Glaucus, Ariadne, and Phaedra. Because Minos failed to sacrifice a beautiful white bull to Poseidon, the god caused Pasiphaë to conceive a lustful
..... Click the link for more information. , fled to Lycia.

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noun (Greek mythology) a son of Zeus who became king of Lycia

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