Irlandos at 12:21, June 25, 2007

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Irlandos: New page: '''Sarpedon''' was a son of Zeus and Laodamia, daughter of Bellerophon, and also a Lycian King. Sarpedon became king when his uncles withdrew their claim to Lycia. He fought...

2007-06-25T12:21:01Z

New page: '''Sarpedon''' was a son of Zeus and Laodamia, daughter of Bellerophon, and also a Lycian King. Sarpedon became king when his uncles withdrew their claim to Lycia. He fought...

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'''Sarpedon''' was a son of [[Zeus]] and [[Laodamia]], daughter of [[Bellerophon]], and also a Lycian King. Sarpedon became king when his uncles withdrew their claim to Lycia. He fought on the side of the Trojans, with his cousin [[Glaukos]], during the [[Trojan War]] becoming one of [[Troy]]'s greatest allies and heroes.

He scolded [[Hector]] in the ''[[Iliad]]'' claiming that he left all the hard fighting to the allies of Troy and not to the Trojans themselves and made the point to say that the Lycians had no reason to fight the [[Greeks]], or no real reason to hate them, but because he was a faithful ally to Troy he would do so and fight his best anyway. When the Trojans attacked the newly built wall by the Greeks, Sarpedon led his division (Which also included Glaukos and [[Asteropaios]]) to the forefront of the battle and caused [[Telamonian Aias|Ajax]] and [[Teucer]] to shift their attention from Hector's attack, to that of Sarpedon's forces. He personally held up the battlements and was the first to enter the Greek encampment. This attack allowed Hector to break through the Greek wall. It was during this action that Sarpedon delivered a noblesse oblige speech to Glaukos, stating that they had been the most honoured kings, therefore they must now fight the most to repay that honour and prove themselves and repay their loyal subjects. Charging into battle he told Glaukos that together they would go on to glory; if successful it would be their own if not it would add to the glory of whoever stopped them.

When [[Patroclus]] entered the battle disguised as [[Achilles]], Sarpedon met him in combat. Zeus debated on whether to spare his son's life even though he was fated to die by the hand of Patroclus. He would have done so had [[Hera]] not reminded him that other gods' sons were fighting and dying and other gods' sons were fated to die as well, if Zeus should spare his son of his fate another god may do the same, therefore Zeus let Sarpedon die while fighting Patroclus, but not before killing the only mortal horse of Achilles. During their fight Zeus sent a shower of bloody raindrops over the Trojans' heads expressing the grief for the impending death of his son.

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.

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).

See: ''[[Iliad]] books: II, IV, XII, XVI.''

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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.		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.
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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).

	See: ''[[Iliad]] books: II, IV, XII, XVI.''		See: ''[[Iliad]] books: II, IV, XII, XVI.''

Sarpedon (Trojan War) - Revision history

Irlandos at 12:21, June 25, 2007

Irlandos: New page: '''Sarpedon''' was a son of Zeus and Laodamia, daughter of Bellerophon, and also a Lycian King. Sarpedon became king when his uncles withdrew their claim to Lycia. He fought...