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'''Bellerophon''' or '''Bellerophontes''' (perhaps "bearing darts"<ref>According to Robert Graves, ''The Greek Myths'' rev. ed. 1960, but see Kerenyi, below.</ref>) was a hero of [[Greek mythology]], "the greatest hero and slayer of monsters, alongside of [[Cadmus|Kadmos]] and [[Perseus]], before the days of [[Heracles]]"<ref>Kerenyi 1959, p 75.</ref>—whose greatest feat was to have killed the [[Chimera (mythology)|Chimera]], a monster that [[Homer]] depicted with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail: "her breath came out in terrible blasts of burning flame"<ref>''Iliad'' vi.155–203</ref>

==Bellerophon's Myth==
''Iliad'' vi.155–203 contains an embedded narrative told by Bellerophon's grandson Glaucus, named for his great-grandfather, which recounts Bellerophon's myth. Bellerophon was son of the king [[Glaucus]] ("sea-green" <ref>Kerenyi 1959 p 78 suggests that "sea-green" Glaucus is a double for [[Poseidon]], god of the sea, who looms behind many of the elements in Bellerophon's myth, not least as the sire of Pegasus and of Chrysaor, but also as the protector of Bellerophon.</ref>) of [[Corinth]] and the grandson of death-cheating [[Sisyphus]], who had been sent to [[Tartarus]] for his many impieties in life, though he had founded Corinth. Bellerophon's grandsons [[Sarpedon]] and the younger Glaucus fought in the [[Trojan War]].
In the ''Epitome'' of pseudo-[[Apollodorus]], a genealogy is given for [[Chrysaor]] ("of the golden sword") that would make him a double of Bellerophon; he too is called the son of Glaucus the son of Sisyphus. Chrysaor has no myth save that of his birth: from the severed neck of [[Medusa]], who was with child by Poseidon, he and Pegasus both sprang at the moment of her death. "From this moment we hear no more of Chrysaor, the rest of the tale concerning the stallion only...[who visits the spring of Pirene] perhaps also for his brother's sake, by whom in the end he let himself be caught, the immortal horse by his mortal brother." <ref>Kerenyi p 80.</ref>

Bellerophon's heroic journey began in the familiar way<ref>See Joseph Campbell, ''The Hero with a Thousand Faces''</ref>—with an exile: he had murdered either his brother, whose name is usually given as Deliades, or of a shadowy "enemy" other, a "Belleros"<ref>The suggestion, made by Kerenyi and others, makes the name "Bellerophontes" the "killer of Belleros", just as Hermes Argeiphontes is Hermes the killer of [[Argus]].</ref>, though the details are never directly told, and in expiation of his crime arrived as a suppliant to [[Proetus]], king in [[Tiryns]], one of the Mycenaean strongholds of the [[Argolid]]. Proetus, by virtue of his kingship, cleansed Bellerophon of his crime. The wife of the king, whether named Anteia<ref>In ''[[Iliad]]'' vi.</ref> or Stheneboea<ref>[[Euripides]]' tragedies ''Stheneboia'' and ''Bellerophon'' are lost.</ref>, took a fancy to him, but when she was repulsed accused him of having attempted to ravish her<ref>This mytheme is most familiar in the narrative of Joseph and [[Potiphar]]'s wife. Robert Graves also notes the parallel in the Egyptian ''Tale of Two Brothers'' and in the myth of [[Athamas]]' wife for [[Phrixus]] (Graves 1960, 70.2, 75.1)</ref>. Proetus dared not satisfy his anger by killing a guest, so he sent Bellerophon to king [[Iobates]] his father-in-law, in the plain of the [[Xanthus|River Xanthus]] in [[Lycia]], bearing a sealed message in a folded tablet: "Pray remove the bearer from this world: he attempted to violate my wife, your daughter."<ref>The tablets "on which he had traced a number of devices with a deadly meaning" constitute the only apparent reference to writing in the ''Iliad''. Such a letter is termed a "bellerophontic" letter; one such figures in a subplot of Shakespeare's ''Hamlet'', bringing offstage death to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.</ref>. Before opening the tablets, Iobates feasted with Bellerophon for nine days. On reading the tablet's message Iobates too feared the wrath of the [[Erinyes]] if he murdered a guest; so he sent Bellerophon on a mission that he deemed impossible: to kill the fire-breathing monster the Chimera, living in neighboring [[Caria]].

== Capturing Pegasus ==

The Lycian seer [[Polyeidos]] told Bellerophon that he would have need of [[Pegasus]]. To obtain the services of the untamed winged horse, Polyeidos told Bellerophon to sleep in the temple of [[Athena]]. While Bellerophon slept, he dreamed that Athena set a golden bridle beside him, saying "Sleepest thou, prince of the house of Aiolos? Come, take this charm for the steed and show it to the [[Poseidon|Tamer thy father]] as thou makest sacrifice to him of a white bull."<ref>Kerenyi, loc. cit, quoting Apollodorus Mythographus, 2.7.4..</ref> It was there when he awoke. Bellerophon had to approach Pegasus while it drank from a well; Polyeidos told him which well—the never-failing [[Pirene]] on the citadel of Corinth, the city of Bellerophon's birth. Other accounts say that Athena brought Pegasus already tamed and bridled, or that [[Poseidon]] the horse-tamer, secretly the father of Bellerophon, brought Pegasus, as [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]] understood <ref>''Description of Greece''1.4.6.</ref>
Bellerophon mounted his steed and flew off to where the Chimera was said to dwell.

== The Slaying of the Chimera ==

When he arrived, the Chimera was truly ferocious, and he could not harm the monster even while riding on Pegasus. He felt the heat of the breath the Chimera expelled, and was struck with an idea. He got a large block of lead and mounted it on his spear. He then flew head-on towards the Chimera, holding out the spear as far as he could (''illustration, right''). Before he broke off his attack, he managed to lodge the block of lead inside the Chimera's throat. The beast's fire-breath melted the lead, and blocked its air passage <ref>Some of the [[red-figure pottery]] painters show Bellerophon wielding Poseidon's trident instead (Kerenyi, loc. cit.).</ref>. The Chimera suffocated, and Bellerophon returned victorious to King Iobates <ref>[[Hesiod]], ''[[Theogony]]'' 319ff; ''[[Bibliotheke]]'', ii.3.2; [[Pindar]], ''Olympian Odes'', xiii.63ff; [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ii.4.1; [[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'', 157; [[John Tzetzes]], ''On Lycophron''</ref>.
Iobates, on Bellerophon's return, was unwilling to credit his story. A series of daunting further quests ensues: he is sent against the warlike [[Solymi]] and then against the [[Amazons]] who fight like men, whom Bellerophon vanquishes by dropping boulders from his winged horse; he is sent against a Carian pirate, Cheirmarrhus; an ambush fails, when Bellerophon kills all sent to assassinate him; the palace guards are sent against him, but Bellerophon calls upon Poseidon, who floods the plain of [[Xanthus]] behind Bellerophon as he approached, but the palace women sent him and the flood in retreat by rushing from the gates with their robes lifted high, offering themselves, to which the modest hero replied by withdrawing <ref>Robert Graves, 75.d; Plutarch, ''On the Virtues of Women''.</ref>
Iobates relented, produced the letter, and allowed Bellerophon to marry his daughter [[Philonoe]], the younger sister of Anteia, and shared with him half his kingdom, with fine vineyards and grain fields. The lady Philonoe bore him Isander<ref>Isander was struck down by Ares in battle with the Solymi (''Iliad'' xvi.</ref>, Hippolochus and [[Laodamia]], who lay with Zeus the Counselor and bore [[Sarpedon]] but was slain by [[Artemis]]<ref>''Iliad'' loc. cit.</ref>
However, as Bellerophon's fame grew, so did his ''[[hubris]]''. Bellerophon felt that because of his victory over the Chimera he deserved to fly to [[Mount Olympus]], the realm of the gods. However, this presumption angered [[Zeus]] and he sent a fly to sting the horse causing Bellerophon to fall all the way back to Earth<ref>Parallels are in the myths of [[Icarus (mythology)|Icarus]] and [[Phaethon]].</ref> on the Plain of Aleion ("Wandering"), where he lived out his life in misery as a blinded cripple, grieving and shunning the haunts of men<ref>Pindar, ''Olympian Odes'', xiii.87–90, and ''Isthmian Odes'', vii.44; ''Bibliotheke'' ii.3.2; [[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' vi.155–203 and xvi.328; Ovid, ''Metamorphoses'' ix.646.</ref>.

==Notes==

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==References==

*Graves, Robert, 1960. ''The Greek Myths'', revised edition (Harmondsworth:Penguin)
*[[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'', book vi.155–203
*Kerenyi, Karl, 1959. ''The Heroes of the Greeks'' (London: Thames and Hudson)

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 In the ''Epitome'' of pseudo-[[Apollodorus]], a genealogy is given for [[Chrysaor]] ("of the golden sword") that would make him a double of Bellerophon; he too is called the son of Glaucus the son of Sisyphus. Chrysaor has no myth save that of his birth: from the severed neck of [[Medusa]], who was with child by Poseidon, he and Pegasus both sprang at the moment of her death. "From this moment we hear no more of Chrysaor, the rest of the tale concerning the stallion only...[who visits the spring of Pirene] perhaps also for his brother's sake, by whom in the end he let himself be caught, the immortal horse by his mortal brother." <ref>Kerenyi p 80.</ref>
-Bellerophon's heroic journey began in the familiar way<ref>See Joseph Campbell, ''The Hero with a Thousand Faces''</ref>—with an exile: he had murdered either his brother, whose name is usually given as Deliades, or of a shadowy "enemy" other, a "Belleros"<ref>The suggestion, made by Kerenyi and others, makes the name "Bellerophontes" the "killer of Belleros", just as Hermes Argeiphontes is Hermes the killer of [[Argus]].</ref>, though the details are never directly told, and in expiation of his crime arrived as a suppliant to [[Proetus]], king in [[Tiryns]], one of the Mycenaean strongholds of the [[Argolid]]. Proetus, by virtue of his kingship, cleansed Bellerophon of his crime. The wife of the king, whether named Anteia<ref>In ''[[Iliad]]'' vi.</ref> or Stheneboea<ref>[[Euripides]]' tragedies ''Stheneboia'' and ''Bellerophon'' are lost.</ref>, took a fancy to him, but when she was repulsed accused him of having attempted to ravish her<ref>This mytheme is most familiar in the narrative of Joseph and [[Potiphar]]'s wife. Robert Graves also notes the parallel in the Egyptian ''Tale of Two Brothers'' and in the myth of [[Athamas]]' wife for [[Phrixus]] (Graves 1960, 70.2, 75.1)</ref>. Proetus dared not satisfy his anger by killing a guest, so he sent Bellerophon to king [[Iobates]] his father-in-law, in the plain of the [[Xanthus|River Xanthus]] in [[Lycia]], bearing a sealed message in a folded tablet: "Pray remove the bearer from this world: he attempted to violate my wife, your daughter."<ref>The tablets "on which he had traced a number of devices with a deadly meaning" constitute the only apparent reference to writing in the ''Iliad''. Such a letter is termed a "bellerophontic" letter; one such figures in a subplot of Shakespeare's ''Hamlet'', bringing offstage death to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.</ref>. Before opening the tablets, Iobates feasted with Bellerophon for nine days. On reading the tablet's message Iobates too feared the wrath of the [[Erinyes]] if he murdered a guest; so he sent Bellerophon on a mission that he deemed impossible: to kill the fire-breathing monster the Chimera, living in neighboring Caria.
+Bellerophon's heroic journey began in the familiar way<ref>See Joseph Campbell, ''The Hero with a Thousand Faces''</ref>—with an exile: he had murdered either his brother, whose name is usually given as Deliades, or of a shadowy "enemy" other, a "Belleros"<ref>The suggestion, made by Kerenyi and others, makes the name "Bellerophontes" the "killer of Belleros", just as Hermes Argeiphontes is Hermes the killer of [[Argus]].</ref>, though the details are never directly told, and in expiation of his crime arrived as a suppliant to [[Proetus]], king in [[Tiryns]], one of the Mycenaean strongholds of the [[Argolid]]. Proetus, by virtue of his kingship, cleansed Bellerophon of his crime. The wife of the king, whether named Anteia<ref>In ''[[Iliad]]'' vi.</ref> or Stheneboea<ref>[[Euripides]]' tragedies ''Stheneboia'' and ''Bellerophon'' are lost.</ref>, took a fancy to him, but when she was repulsed accused him of having attempted to ravish her<ref>This mytheme is most familiar in the narrative of Joseph and Potiphar's wife. Robert Graves also notes the parallel in the Egyptian ''Tale of Two Brothers'' and in the myth of [[Athamas]]' wife for [[Phrixus]] (Graves 1960, 70.2, 75.1)</ref>. Proetus dared not satisfy his anger by killing a guest, so he sent Bellerophon to king [[Iobates]] his father-in-law, in the plain of the [[Xanthus|River Xanthus]] in [[Lycia]], bearing a sealed message in a folded tablet: "Pray remove the bearer from this world: he attempted to violate my wife, your daughter."<ref>The tablets "on which he had traced a number of devices with a deadly meaning" constitute the only apparent reference to writing in the ''Iliad''. Such a letter is termed a "bellerophontic" letter; one such figures in a subplot of Shakespeare's ''Hamlet'', bringing offstage death to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.</ref>. Before opening the tablets, Iobates feasted with Bellerophon for nine days. On reading the tablet's message Iobates too feared the wrath of the [[Erinyes]] if he murdered a guest; so he sent Bellerophon on a mission that he deemed impossible: to kill the fire-breathing monster the Chimera, living in neighboring Caria.
 == Capturing Pegasus ==

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 ==Bellerophon's Myth==
-''Iliad'' vi.155–203 contains an embedded narrative told by Bellerophon's grandson Glaucus, named for his great-grandfather, which recounts Bellerophon's myth. Bellerophon was son of the king [[Glaucus]] ("sea-green" <ref>Kerenyi 1959 p 78 suggests that "sea-green" Glaucus is a double for [[Poseidon]], god of the sea, who looms behind many of the elements in Bellerophon's myth, not least as the sire of Pegasus and of Chrysaor, but also as the protector of Bellerophon.</ref>) of [[Corinth]] and the grandson of death-cheating [[Sisyphus]], who had been sent to [[Tartarus]] for his many impieties in life, though he had founded Corinth. Bellerophon's grandsons [[Sarpedon]] and the younger Glaucus fought in the [[Trojan War]].
+''Iliad'' vi.155–203 contains an embedded narrative told by Bellerophon's grandson Glaucus, named for his great-grandfather, which recounts Bellerophon's myth. Bellerophon was son of the king [[Glaucus]] ("sea-green" <ref>Kerenyi 1959 p 78 suggests that "sea-green" Glaucus is a double for [[Poseidon]], god of the sea, who looms behind many of the elements in Bellerophon's myth, not least as the sire of Pegasus and of Chrysaor, but also as the protector of Bellerophon.</ref>) of [[Corinth]] and the grandson of death-cheating [[Sisyphus]], who had been sent to [[Tartarus]] for his many impieties in life, though he had founded Corinth. Bellerophon's grandsons [[Sarpedon (Trojan War)|Sarpedon]] and the younger Glaucus fought in the [[Trojan War]].
 In the ''Epitome'' of pseudo-[[Apollodorus]], a genealogy is given for [[Chrysaor]] ("of the golden sword") that would make him a double of Bellerophon; he too is called the son of Glaucus the son of Sisyphus. Chrysaor has no myth save that of his birth: from the severed neck of [[Medusa]], who was with child by Poseidon, he and Pegasus both sprang at the moment of her death. "From this moment we hear no more of Chrysaor, the rest of the tale concerning the stallion only...[who visits the spring of Pirene] perhaps also for his brother's sake, by whom in the end he let himself be caught, the immortal horse by his mortal brother." <ref>Kerenyi p 80.</ref>

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 In the ''Epitome'' of pseudo-[[Apollodorus]], a genealogy is given for [[Chrysaor]] ("of the golden sword") that would make him a double of Bellerophon; he too is called the son of Glaucus the son of Sisyphus. Chrysaor has no myth save that of his birth: from the severed neck of [[Medusa]], who was with child by Poseidon, he and Pegasus both sprang at the moment of her death. "From this moment we hear no more of Chrysaor, the rest of the tale concerning the stallion only...[who visits the spring of Pirene] perhaps also for his brother's sake, by whom in the end he let himself be caught, the immortal horse by his mortal brother." <ref>Kerenyi p 80.</ref>
-Bellerophon's heroic journey began in the familiar way<ref>See Joseph Campbell, ''The Hero with a Thousand Faces''</ref>—with an exile: he had murdered either his brother, whose name is usually given as Deliades, or of a shadowy "enemy" other, a "Belleros"<ref>The suggestion, made by Kerenyi and others, makes the name "Bellerophontes" the "killer of Belleros", just as Hermes Argeiphontes is Hermes the killer of [[Argus]].</ref>, though the details are never directly told, and in expiation of his crime arrived as a suppliant to [[Proetus]], king in [[Tiryns]], one of the Mycenaean strongholds of the [[Argolid]]. Proetus, by virtue of his kingship, cleansed Bellerophon of his crime. The wife of the king, whether named Anteia<ref>In ''[[Iliad]]'' vi.</ref> or Stheneboea<ref>[[Euripides]]' tragedies ''Stheneboia'' and ''Bellerophon'' are lost.</ref>, took a fancy to him, but when she was repulsed accused him of having attempted to ravish her<ref>This mytheme is most familiar in the narrative of Joseph and [[Potiphar]]'s wife. Robert Graves also notes the parallel in the Egyptian ''Tale of Two Brothers'' and in the myth of [[Athamas]]' wife for [[Phrixus]] (Graves 1960, 70.2, 75.1)</ref>. Proetus dared not satisfy his anger by killing a guest, so he sent Bellerophon to king [[Iobates]] his father-in-law, in the plain of the [[Xanthus|River Xanthus]] in [[Lycia]], bearing a sealed message in a folded tablet: "Pray remove the bearer from this world: he attempted to violate my wife, your daughter."<ref>The tablets "on which he had traced a number of devices with a deadly meaning" constitute the only apparent reference to writing in the ''Iliad''. Such a letter is termed a "bellerophontic" letter; one such figures in a subplot of Shakespeare's ''Hamlet'', bringing offstage death to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.</ref>. Before opening the tablets, Iobates feasted with Bellerophon for nine days. On reading the tablet's message Iobates too feared the wrath of the [[Erinyes]] if he murdered a guest; so he sent Bellerophon on a mission that he deemed impossible: to kill the fire-breathing monster the Chimera, living in neighboring [[Caria]].
+Bellerophon's heroic journey began in the familiar way<ref>See Joseph Campbell, ''The Hero with a Thousand Faces''</ref>—with an exile: he had murdered either his brother, whose name is usually given as Deliades, or of a shadowy "enemy" other, a "Belleros"<ref>The suggestion, made by Kerenyi and others, makes the name "Bellerophontes" the "killer of Belleros", just as Hermes Argeiphontes is Hermes the killer of [[Argus]].</ref>, though the details are never directly told, and in expiation of his crime arrived as a suppliant to [[Proetus]], king in [[Tiryns]], one of the Mycenaean strongholds of the [[Argolid]]. Proetus, by virtue of his kingship, cleansed Bellerophon of his crime. The wife of the king, whether named Anteia<ref>In ''[[Iliad]]'' vi.</ref> or Stheneboea<ref>[[Euripides]]' tragedies ''Stheneboia'' and ''Bellerophon'' are lost.</ref>, took a fancy to him, but when she was repulsed accused him of having attempted to ravish her<ref>This mytheme is most familiar in the narrative of Joseph and [[Potiphar]]'s wife. Robert Graves also notes the parallel in the Egyptian ''Tale of Two Brothers'' and in the myth of [[Athamas]]' wife for [[Phrixus]] (Graves 1960, 70.2, 75.1)</ref>. Proetus dared not satisfy his anger by killing a guest, so he sent Bellerophon to king [[Iobates]] his father-in-law, in the plain of the [[Xanthus|River Xanthus]] in [[Lycia]], bearing a sealed message in a folded tablet: "Pray remove the bearer from this world: he attempted to violate my wife, your daughter."<ref>The tablets "on which he had traced a number of devices with a deadly meaning" constitute the only apparent reference to writing in the ''Iliad''. Such a letter is termed a "bellerophontic" letter; one such figures in a subplot of Shakespeare's ''Hamlet'', bringing offstage death to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.</ref>. Before opening the tablets, Iobates feasted with Bellerophon for nine days. On reading the tablet's message Iobates too feared the wrath of the [[Erinyes]] if he murdered a guest; so he sent Bellerophon on a mission that he deemed impossible: to kill the fire-breathing monster the Chimera, living in neighboring Caria.
 == Capturing Pegasus ==
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 == The Slaying of the Chimera ==
-When he arrived, the Chimera was truly ferocious, and he could not harm the monster even while riding on Pegasus. He felt the heat of the breath the Chimera expelled, and was struck with an idea. He got a large block of lead and mounted it on his spear. He then flew head-on towards the Chimera, holding out the spear as far as he could (''illustration, right''). Before he broke off his attack, he managed to lodge the block of lead inside the Chimera's throat. The beast's fire-breath melted the lead, and blocked its air passage <ref>Some of the [[red-figure pottery]] painters show Bellerophon wielding Poseidon's trident instead (Kerenyi, loc. cit.).</ref>. The Chimera suffocated, and Bellerophon returned victorious to King Iobates <ref>[[Hesiod]], ''[[Theogony]]'' 319ff; ''[[Bibliotheke]]'', ii.3.2; [[Pindar]], ''Olympian Odes'', xiii.63ff; [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ii.4.1; [[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'', 157; [[John Tzetzes]], ''On Lycophron''</ref>.
+When he arrived, the Chimera was truly ferocious, and he could not harm the monster even while riding on Pegasus. He felt the heat of the breath the Chimera expelled, and was struck with an idea. He got a large block of lead and mounted it on his spear. He then flew head-on towards the Chimera, holding out the spear as far as he could (''illustration, right''). Before he broke off his attack, he managed to lodge the block of lead inside the Chimera's throat. The beast's fire-breath melted the lead, and blocked its air passage <ref>Some of the red-figure pottery painters show Bellerophon wielding Poseidon's trident instead (Kerenyi, loc. cit.).</ref>. The Chimera suffocated, and Bellerophon returned victorious to King Iobates <ref>[[Hesiod]], ''[[Theogony]]'' 319ff; ''[[Bibliotheke]]'', ii.3.2; [[Pindar]], ''Olympian Odes'', xiii.63ff; [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ii.4.1; [[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'', 157; John Tzetzes, ''On Lycophron''</ref>.
 Iobates, on Bellerophon's return, was unwilling to credit his story. A series of daunting further quests ensues: he is sent against the warlike [[Solymi]] and then against the [[Amazons]] who fight like men, whom Bellerophon vanquishes by dropping boulders from his winged horse; he is sent against a Carian pirate, Cheirmarrhus; an ambush fails, when Bellerophon kills all sent to assassinate him; the palace guards are sent against him, but Bellerophon calls upon Poseidon, who floods the plain of [[Xanthus]] behind Bellerophon as he approached, but the palace women sent him and the flood in retreat by rushing from the gates with their robes lifted high, offering themselves, to which the modest hero replied by withdrawing <ref>Robert Graves, 75.d; Plutarch, ''On the Virtues of Women''.</ref>
 Iobates relented, produced the letter, and allowed Bellerophon to marry his daughter [[Philonoe]], the younger sister of Anteia, and shared with him half his kingdom, with fine vineyards and grain fields. The lady Philonoe bore him Isander<ref>Isander was struck down by Ares in battle with the Solymi (''Iliad'' xvi.</ref>, Hippolochus and [[Laodamia]], who lay with Zeus the Counselor and bore [[Sarpedon]] but was slain by [[Artemis]]<ref>''Iliad'' loc. cit.</ref>