and Prince Sarpedon of Lycia

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• Sarpedon — /sahr peed n, pee don/, n. Class. Myth. a Lycian prince, son of Zeus, killed by Patroclus in the Trojan War. * * * ▪ Greek mythology  in Greek legend, son of Zeus, the king of the gods, and Laodameia, the daughter of Bellerophon; he was a Lycian… …   Universalium

• Sarpedon — 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 • Topics: ↑Greek mythology • Instance Hypernyms: ↑mythical being * * * /sahr peed n, pee don/, n. Class.… …   Useful english dictionary

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• Bellerophon — (βελλεροφῶν) or Bellerophontes (βελλεροφόντης) was a hero of Greek mythology, the greatest hero and slayer of monsters, alongside of Kadmos and Perseus, before the days of Heracles , [Kerenyi 1959, p 75.] whose greatest feat was killing the… …   Wikipedia

• ancient Greek civilization — ▪ historical region, Eurasia Introduction       the period following Mycenaean civilization, which ended in about 1200 BC, to the death of Alexander the Great, in 323 BC. It was a period of political, philosophical, artistic, and scientific… …   Universalium

• List of characters in the Iliad — This is a list of the main characters that appear in the Iliad by Homer. A*Achilles (Polytonic|Ἀχιλλεύς), the leader of the Myrmidons (Polytonic|Μυρμιδόνες) and the principal Greek champion whose anger is one of the main elements of the story… …   Wikipedia

• Trojan War — In Greek mythology, the Trojan War was waged against the city of Troy by the Achaeans after Paris of Troy stole Helen from her husband Menelaus, the king of Sparta. The war is among the most important events in Greek mythology, and was narrated… …   Wikipedia