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Sarpedon

noun
1.
(Greek mythology) a son of Zeus who became king of Lycia; fought on behalf of the Trojans in the Trojan War and was killed by Patroclus.





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"Sarpedon" Quotes from Famous Books



... Glaucus spake Divine Sarpedon, since he did not find Others, as great in place, as great in mind:— Above the rest why is our pomp, our power? Our flocks, our herds, and our possessions more? Why all the tributes land and sea affords Heap'd in great chargers, ...
— Poetical Works of Edmund Waller and Sir John Denham • Edmund Waller; John Denham
... these lines in a late revision in 1717, in order, as he said, to open more clearly the moral of the poem. The speech of Clarissa is a parody of a famous speech by Sarpedon in ...
— The Rape of the Lock and Other Poems • Alexander Pope


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