Definition of Sarpedon

1. Noun. (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 Patroclus.

Category relationships: Greek Mythology
Generic synonyms: Mythical Being

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sarpedon

Sargent
Sargon
Sargonic
Sargonid
Sargonids
Sark
Sarkese
Sarkozy
Sarkozyism
Sarlacc
Sarnoff
Saronic Gulf
Saronic Islands
Saroyan
Sarpanitu
Sarpedon (current term)
Sarracenia flava
Sarracenia minor
Sarracenia purpurea
Sarraceniaceae
Sarraceniales
Sarsi
Sarthe
Sartre
Sartrean
Sartreans
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Sasak
Sasang typology
Sasanian

Literary usage of Sarpedon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Rise of the Greek Epic: Being a Course of Lectures Delivered at Harvard by Gilbert Murray (1907)
"Consequently the original story—if we were right 1 The Sarpedon passages ... For instance, the Sarpedon who was buried in the famous grave- mound in Lycia ..."

2. Crete in the Greek Tradition by Theodore Arthur Buenger (1915)
"... Sarpedon, the second brother of Minos,1 quarreled with him about their ... Sarpedon and Miletus were forced to leave Crete, and according to one report ..."

3. Reports of Cases Decided by the English Courts: With Notes and References to by Nathaniel Cleveland Moak, John Thomas Cook (1883)
"Accordingly, the owners of the specie served on the owners of the Sarpedon a notice alleging, inter alia, that the action had been brought by the plaintiffs ..."

4. The First Three Books of Homer's Iliad: With Introduction, Commentary, and by Homer (1903)
"He was first cousin of Sarpedon and grandson of ... From those Trojan Lycians the southern Lycians of Sarpedon are to be distinguished. 877. ..."

5. The Rise of the Greek Epic: Being a Course of Lectures Delivered at Harvard by Gilbert Murray (1907)
"Consequently the original story—if we were right 1 The Sarpedon passages ... For instance, the Sarpedon who was buried in the famous grave- mound in Lycia ..."

6. Crete in the Greek Tradition by Theodore Arthur Buenger (1915)
"... Sarpedon, the second brother of Minos,1 quarreled with him about their ... Sarpedon and Miletus were forced to leave Crete, and according to one report ..."

7. Reports of Cases Decided by the English Courts: With Notes and References to by Nathaniel Cleveland Moak, John Thomas Cook (1883)
"Accordingly, the owners of the specie served on the owners of the Sarpedon a notice alleging, inter alia, that the action had been brought by the plaintiffs ..."

8. The First Three Books of Homer's Iliad: With Introduction, Commentary, and by Homer (1903)
"He was first cousin of Sarpedon and grandson of ... From those Trojan Lycians the southern Lycians of Sarpedon are to be distinguished. 877. ..."

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