• Sarpedon (/sɑːrˈpiːdən, -ˈpiːdɒn/; Ancient Greek: Σαρπηδών) is the name of several figures in Greek mythology Sarpedon, a son of Zeus, who fought on the...
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  • Sarpedon was the name of several figures in Greek mythology. Sarpedon may also refer to: Sarpedon (Cilicia), a town of ancient Cilicia, now in Turkey...
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    In Greek mythology, Sarpedon (/sɑːrˈpiːdən/ or /sɑːrˈpiːdɒn/; Ancient Greek: Σαρπηδών) was a son of Zeus, who fought on the side of Troy in the Trojan...
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  • Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Sarpedon. They are named after Sarpedon, a Greek hero and son of Zeus. HMS Sarpedon (1809) was an 18-gun Cherokee-class...
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    Graphium sarpedon, the common bluebottle or blue triangle in Australia, is a species of swallowtail butterfly that is found in South and Southeast Asia...
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  • named SS Sarpedon after Sarpedon, king of the Lycians during the Trojan War: SS Sarpedon (1871), a 1,949-ton ship of the Blue Funnel Line SS Sarpedon (1877)...
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  • Sarpedon (Ancient Greek: Σαρπηδών) was a coastal town of ancient Cilicia, mentioned by the anonymous author of the Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax as abandoned...
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    Charmed is an American television series created by Constance M. Burge. In the United States, Charmed premiered on The WB on October 7, 1998 and ended...
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    The Euphronios Krater (or Sarpedon Krater) is an ancient Greek terra cotta calyx-krater, a bowl used for mixing wine with water. Created around the year...
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    with the swift delivery of the slain hero Sarpedon to his homeland of Lycia. Then [Apollon] gave him (Sarpedon) into the charge of swift messengers to carry...
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    Zygaena sarpedon is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found in France, Italy and on the Iberian Peninsula. Z. sarpedon. This species is the first...
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    Switzerland: Swiss Armed Neutrality in World War II. Rockville Centre, NY: Sarpedon, 1998". Stone & Stone. Archived from the original on 1 December 2009. Retrieved...
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    SS Sarpedon was a UK steam turbine passenger and refrigerated cargo liner launched in 1923. She was the fourth of six ships to bear the name. Cammell,...
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    USS Sarpedon (ARB-7) was laid down as a United States Navy LST-542-class tank landing ship but was converted as one of twelve Aristaeus-class battle damage...
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    who was the King of Potniae and son of Sisyphus; Bellerophon's grandsons Sarpedon and the younger Glaucus fought in the Trojan War. In Stephanus of Byzantium’s...
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  • 2223 Sarpedon /sɑːrˈpiːdən/ is a dark Jupiter trojan from the Trojan camp, approximately 90 kilometers (56 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 4 October...
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    HMS Sarpedon was an R-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy. The R class were a development of the preceding M-class, but differed in having...
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    Minos was the son of Zeus and Europa and the brother of Rhadamanthys and Sarpedon. This was the 'good' king Minos, and he was held in such esteem by the...
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    Gantz, p. 210; Smith, s.v. Rhadamanthus. Smith, s.v. Sarpedon (1); Brill's New Pauly, s.v. Sarpedon (1); Hesiod, Catalogue of Women fr. 89 Most, pp. 172–5...
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  • Evander of Lycia, son of the elder Sarpedon (son of Zeus and Europa), and had by him a son, the younger Sarpedon. Under the name of Hippodamia or Laodamia...
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  • Evander, who was a son of Sarpedon the elder and by her father of Sarpedon the younger. Xanthus was also called the father of Sarpedon according to one account...
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    the Gorgoneion. According to Hesiod and Aeschylus, she lived and died on Sarpedon, somewhere near Cisthene. The 2nd-century BC novelist Dionysios Skytobrachion...
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    lived on the Island of Sarpedon. Perseus then gave the Graeae their eye back and proceeded to the island. On the Island of Sarpedon, Perseus came across...
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  • hero Sarpedon delivers a speech in which he urges his comrade Glaucus to fight with him in the front ranks of battle. In Pope's translation, Sarpedon exhorts...
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    black blood from the corpse of Sarpedon and anoints it with ambrosia, readying it for its dreamlike return to Sarpedon's native Lycia. Similarly, Thetis...
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    Crete, Europa had three sons fathered by Zeus: Minos, Rhadamanthus, and Sarpedon, the first two becoming judges of the Underworld, alongside Aeacus of Aegina...
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    Seeing Patroclus about to kill Sarpedon, his mortal son, Zeus says: Ah me, that it is destined that the dearest of men, Sarpedon, must go down under the hands...
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  • large solitary parasitic wasp Centaurea cyanus, the cornflower Graphium sarpedon, common bluebottle, or blue triangle butterfly Blue bottle (chemical reaction)...
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    captain in the Lycian army under the command of his close friend and cousin Sarpedon. The Lycians in the Trojan War were allies of Troy. During the war, Glaucus...
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    Sarpedon and Minos, came to be at variance in Crete about the kingdom, Minos having got the better in the strife of parties drove out both Sarpedon himself...
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