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One account holds that the first and second Sarpedon are both the same man, and that Zeus granted Sarpedon an extraordinary long life that had to end at the Trojan War. However, the favored account is that Sarpedon, brother of Minos, and Sarpedon, who fought at Troy, were two different men that lived generations apart. A genealogical link is provided between the two Sarpedons, through Laodamia. Laodamia is said to have married [[Evander (son of Sarpedon)|Evander]], son of the first Sarpedon, and to have presented Evander with a son named Sarpedon (in reality her son by Zeus).
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When Sarpedon fell, mortally wounded, he called on Glaukos to rescue his body and arms. Glaukos withdrew the spear from Sarpedon that Patroclus embedded in him, and as it left Sarpedon's body his spirit went with it. A violent struggle then ensued over the body of the fallen king. The Greeks succeeded in gaining his armour (which was later given as a prize in the funeral games for Patroclus), but Zeus had Apollo rescue the corpse. Apollo took the corpse and cleaned it, then delivered it to Slumber and Death who took it back to Lycia for funeral honours.
See: ''[[Iliad]] books: II, IV, XII, XVI.''