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{{Short description|Various figures in Greek mythology}}
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'''Sarpedon''' ({{IPAc-en|s|ɑr|ˈ|p|iː|d|ən|,_|-|ˈ|p|iː|d|ɒ|n}}; {{langx|grc|[[wikt:Σαρπηδών|Σαρπηδών]]}}) is the name of several figures in [[Greek mythology]]
* [[Sarpedon (Trojan War hero)|Sarpedon]], a son of [[Zeus]], who fought on the side of [[Troy]] in the [[Trojan War]]. Although in the ''[[Iliad]]'', he was the son of [[Zeus]] and [[Laodamia]], the daughter of [[Bellerophon]], in the later standard tradition, he was the son of Zeus and [[Europa (consort of Zeus)|Europa]], and the brother of [[Minos]] and [[Rhadamanthus]], while in other accounts the Sarpedon who fought at Troy was the grandson of the Sarpedon who was the brother of Minos.<ref>Hard, pp. [https://books.google.com/books?id=r1Y3xZWVlnIC&pg=PA349 349]&ndash;[https://books.google.com/books?id=r1Y3xZWVlnIC&pg=PA350 350].</ref>
* Sarpedon, a [[Thracia]]n son of [[Poseidon]], [[eponym]] of Cape Sarpedon near the outlet of the [[Maritsa|River Hebrus]], and brother to [[Poltys]], King of [[Enez|Aenus]].<ref>[[Scholia]] on [[Apollonius Rhodius]], ''[[Argonautica]]'' 1.216</ref> Unlike the other two Sarpedons, this Thracian Sarpedon was not a hero, but an insolent individual who was shot to death by [[Heracles]] as the latter was sailing away from Aenus.<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+2.5.9&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:chapter=&highlight=Sarpedon 2.5.9]</ref>

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== References ==
* [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
*Hard, Robin, ''The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology: Based on H.J. Rose's "Handbook of Greek Mythology"'', Psychology Press, 2004, {{ISBN|9780415186360}}. [https://books.google.com/books?id=r1Y3xZWVlnIC Google Books].

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[[Category:Children of Poseidon]]
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[[Category:Mythology of Heracles]]
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