Sarpedon · Atlas

in the texts

IliadClassical · Greek

Co-leader of the Lycian contingent from beside the river Xanthos.

Sarpedon and Glaukos led the Lycians from their distant land, by the eddying waters of the Xanthos.

chapter 2 ¶

Then Sarpedon rebuked Hektor very sternly.

chapter 5 ¶

His comrades then bore Sarpedon away and laid him beneath Zeus' spreading oak tree.

chapter 5 ¶

OrationsImperial · Greek

King of the Lycians, allied with Troy, reputedly a son of Zeus.

And when they joined and fought again, Achilles contended most nobly with his men, and killed many of the Trojans and the allies, among others Sarpedon, said to be the son of Zeus, king of the Lycians;

oration 11 ¶

And among others I know many statues, some of demigods, some of heroes — such as of Achilles, Sarpedon, Theseus — for this reason from the beginning not inscribed;

oration 31 ¶

And one might find that of the men of old too the dear to the gods were short-lived.

oration 28 ¶

CloudsClassical · Greek

A mythological hero (son of Zeus) whose mourning-day is invoked by the Chorus of Clouds as a solemn occasion the Athenians disregard.

And often, while we gods are observing a fast, when we mourn for Memnon or Sarpedon, you are pouring libations and laughing.

clouds ¶

ProtrepticusLate Antiquity · Greek

Son of Zeus in Homer's Iliad, whose death at Patroclus's hands is lamented by Zeus, exposing the god's inability to save him.

"Ah, woe is me, that Sarpedon, dearest of men, is doomed to be slain by Patroclus son of Menoetius.

protrepticus ¶

RhesusClassical · Greek

The Lycian leader among Troy's allies, named once as someone to be roused for the alarm.

Who’s for Sarpêdon and the Lycians?

rhesus ¶

The HistoriesClassical · Greek

Son of Europa driven from Crete by Minos, who leads his followers to Asia to found the people later called Lycians.

Now there was a dispute in Crete about the royal power between Sarpedon and Minos, sons of Europa;

chapter 1 ¶

For a while Sarpedon ruled them, and the people were called Termilae, which was the name that they had brought with them and that is still given to the Lycians by their neighbors;

chapter 1 ¶

HelenClassical · Greek

Son of Zeus whose death at Troy Zeus foresaw yet did not prevent.

So great a passion for the hardships of that expedition and for participation in it took possession not only of the Greeks and the barbarians, but also of the gods, that they did not dissuade even their own children from joining in the struggles around Troy;

helen ¶

PythianClassical · Greek

A legendary Lycian hero of the Trojan War, cited as an example of fame preserved through poetry.

We know of Nestor and Lycian Sarpedon, whom men speak of, from melodious words which skilled craftsmen join together.

chapter 3 ¶

RepublicClassical · Greek

Son of Zeus fated to be slain by Patroclus, lamented by Zeus in the quoted verse.

of all men to me is Sarpedon the dearest, Fated to fall by the hands of Patroclus, Menoitius’ offspring.

chapter 3 ¶

Ad NationesLate Antiquity · Latin

Trojan War hero whose death moves Jupiter to tears in Homer.

the same poet shows Jupiter almost suffering the like from the commons of heaven, or wrings tears from him over Sarpedon, or brings him in luxuriating most foully with Juno, with the desire of his lust commended by the commemoration and enumeration of his mistresses.

book 1 ¶

ApologeticumLate Antiquity · Latin

Son of Jupiter whose death in myth is mourned.

and now weeping the fall of Sarpedon, now foully lusting after his sister, with mention of mistresses formerly not so dearly loved.

apologeticum ¶