Sarpedon, a son of
Zeus, who fought on the side of
Troy in the
Trojan War. Although in the Iliad, he was the son of
Zeus and
Laodamia, the daughter of
Bellerophon, in the later standard tradition, he was the son of Zeus and
Europa, and the brother of
Minos and
Rhadamanthus, while in other accounts the Sarpedon who fought at Troy was the grandson of the Sarpedon who was the brother of Minos.[1]
Sarpedon, a
Thracian son of
Poseidon,
eponym of Cape Sarpedon near the outlet of the
River Hebrus, and brother to
Poltys, King of
Aenus.[2] Unlike the other two Sarpedons, this Thracian Sarpedon was not a hero, but an insolent individual who was shot to death by
Heracles as the latter was sailing away from Aenus.[3]
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ISBN9780415186360.
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Sarpedon, a son of
Zeus, who fought on the side of
Troy in the
Trojan War. Although in the Iliad, he was the son of
Zeus and
Laodamia, the daughter of
Bellerophon, in the later standard tradition, he was the son of Zeus and
Europa, and the brother of
Minos and
Rhadamanthus, while in other accounts the Sarpedon who fought at Troy was the grandson of the Sarpedon who was the brother of Minos.[1]
Sarpedon, a
Thracian son of
Poseidon,
eponym of Cape Sarpedon near the outlet of the
River Hebrus, and brother to
Poltys, King of
Aenus.[2] Unlike the other two Sarpedons, this Thracian Sarpedon was not a hero, but an insolent individual who was shot to death by
Heracles as the latter was sailing away from Aenus.[3]
Hard, Robin, The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology: Based on H.J. Rose's "Handbook of Greek Mythology", Psychology Press, 2004,
ISBN9780415186360.
Google Books.
This article includes a list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific Greek mythology article referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended Greek mythology article, if one exists.