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SARPEDON

SARPEDON · m

a son of Jupiter and Europa

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What it meant

Sarpēdōn — Lewis & Short

Sarpēdōn, ŏnis, m., = *sarphdw/n,

I a son of Jupiter and Europa, king of Lycia, who was killed by Patroclus before Troy, Hyg. Fab. 106; 112; Verg. A. 1, 100; Serv. 9, 697; 10, 471; Ov. M. 13, 255; Cic. Div. 2, 10, 25; Gr. acc. Sarpedona, Gell. 15, 21, 1.—
II A promontory in Cilicia, now Lissan el Kahpe, Liv. 38, 38, 9; Mel. 1, 13, 5; Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 92.

In the wild

6 of 15 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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