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SARPEDON
, in See also:Greek See also:legend, son of See also:Zeus and Laodameia, Lycian See also:prince and See also:hero of the Trojan See also:war
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He fought on the See also:side of the Trojans, and after greatly distinguishing himself by his bravery, was slain by Patroclus
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A terrible struggle took See also:place for the See also:possession of his See also:body, until See also:Apollo rescued it from the Greeks, and by the command of Zeus washed and cleansed it, anointed it with See also:ambrosia, and handed it over to See also:Sleep and See also:Death, by whom it was conveyed for See also:burial to See also:Lycia, where a See also:sanctuary (Sarpedoneum) was erected in See also:honour of the fallen hero
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See also:Virgil (Aen. i. roo) knows nothing of the removal of the body to Lycia
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In later tradition, Sarpedon was the son of Zeus and See also:Europa and the See also:brother of See also:Minos
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Having been expelled from See also:Crete by the latter, he and his comrades sailed for See also:Asia, where he finally became See also: 78; See also:Herodotus i . 173., with See also:Rawlinson's notes . |
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