Sarpedon

American  

[sahr-peed-n, -pee-don] / sɑrˈpid n, -ˈpi dɒn /

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. a Lycian prince, son of Zeus, killed by Patroclus in the Trojan War.

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Sarpedon British  

/ sɑːˈpiːdɒn /

noun

1. Greek myth a son of Zeus and Laodameia, or perhaps Europa, and king of Lycia. He was slain by Patroclus while fighting on behalf of the Trojans

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Example Sentences

Just as Farage was explaining the purpose of his demonstration to the assembled media, another vessel hove alongside—to wit, a white pleasure cruiser by the name of Sarpedon.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 23, 2016

A rusty fishing trawler called Wayward Lad with nets hanging off the back pulled up alongside Geldof’s boat, the Sarpedon, and apparently collected a fisherman who had been on board.

From The Guardian • Jun. 15, 2016

“Beware the toils of war,” Sarpedon the Lycian hero says to Hector, the Trojan prince, in Robert Fagles’ translation, “the mesh of the huge dragnet sweeping up the world.”

From Slate • Dec. 29, 2014

But Sarpedon commanded the illustrious allies, and chose to himself Glaucus and warlike Asteropæus; for they appeared to him, next to himself decidedly the bravest of the rest: for he, indeed, excelled among all.

From The Iliad of Homer (1873) by Buckley, Theodore Alois

O woe is me, because it is fated that Sarpedon, most dear to me of men, shall be subdued by Patroclus, the son of Menœtius.

From The Iliad of Homer (1873) by Buckley, Theodore Alois