Sarpedon

Character · slug: sarpedon

Stories (10)

Ninth Labor: Hippolyte’s Belt (Hera’s Rumor and the Death of the Queen)
Heroes — Heracles · Apollodorean (Admete’s desire; Hippolyte first willing; Hera as Amazon spreads rumor; Heracles kills Hippolyte and takes the belt of Ares)
Europa’s Abduction: Zeus and the Bull
Heroes — Europa / Cretan kings (preface to Cadmus) · Apollodorean / Moschus (Zeus as bull; Crete; Minos, Rhadamanthys, Sarpedon)
Europa’s Sons in Crete: Minos, Rhadamanthys, and Sarpedon
Heroes — Cretan royal foundations / Europa cycle aftermath · Apollodorean / Homeric — three sons of Zeus and Europa; Cretan kingship; Sarpedon’s dual identity
Diomedes’ Aristeia: Wounding of Aphrodite and Ares
Trojan · Homeric — *Iliad* 5 (with close of 4 / opening of 6)
Trojans at the Ships; Patroclus Pleads for Achilles’ Armor
Trojan · Homeric — *Iliad* 11–16 (compressed arc to Achilles’ concession)
Patroclus in Achilles’ Armor; Death at Hector’s Hands
Trojan · Homeric — *Iliad* 16
Death of Sarpedon (Iliad)
Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Lycian allies · Homeric (*Iliad* 16)
Glaucus and Diomedes: Guest-Friendship and Armor Exchange (*Iliad* 6)
Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Lycian–Argive link · Homeric (*Iliad* 6)
Hypnos and Thanatos Carry Sarpedon’s Body (Iliad)
Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Lycian allies / divine escort · Homeric (*Iliad* 16) — Sleep and Death as funeral conveyers
Funeral Games for Patroclus: Armed Combat (*Iliad* 23)
Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Book 23 games · Homeric — Ajax Telamonian vs. Diomedes in full armor

Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Sarpedon

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