These, like the "Sarpedon", were veterans: they knew their job. From Wordnik.com. [The Empire in Africa and the Middle East] Reference
"Sarpedon," said he, "councillor of the Lycians, why should you come skulking here you who are a man of peace?. From Wordnik.com. [The Iliad] Reference
These men did Sarpedon lead, skilled in bitter war. From Wordnik.com. [Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica] Reference
Greeks; among the rest Tlepolemus is slain by Sarpedon. From Wordnik.com. [The Iliad of Homer] Reference
Jupiter laments to Juno the approaching death of Sarpedon. From Wordnik.com. [The Iliad of Homer] Reference
Sarpedon, he too having been driven out by his brother namely. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Herodotus] Reference
(Sarpedon) knew in his heart that the sign was indeed from Zeus. From Wordnik.com. [Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica] Reference
Hector, or sorrows over the impending doom of his dear Sarpedon. From Wordnik.com. [The Republic by Plato ; translated by Benjamin Jowett] Reference
There she conceived and bore three sons, Minos, Sarpedon and Rhadamanthys. From Wordnik.com. [Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica] Reference
Memnon or Sarpedon, while you are devoting yourselves to joyous libations. From Wordnik.com. [The Clouds] Reference
“Have you arranged accommodation for our distinguished guest, Sarpedon?”. From Wordnik.com. [Fortune's Favorites]
Sarpedon, and afterwards Patroclus, are barbarians to whom by turns grace has been wanting. From Wordnik.com. [A Philosophical Dictionary] Reference
Patroclus 'course was challenged by the Lycians, whose King Sarpedon faced him in single combat. From Wordnik.com. [Authors of Greece] Reference
Zeus sorrowfully recog - nizes the truth of what she says, and allows Sarpedon to go to his fate. From Wordnik.com. [Dictionary of the History of Ideas] Reference
Under high Troy town many and many a god's son fell; nay, mine own child Sarpedon likewise perished. From Wordnik.com. [The Aeneid of Virgil] Reference
Sarpedon or Hector, for obviously no one had ever seen Zeus weeping, indeed no one had ever seen Zeus. From Wordnik.com. [Dictionary of the History of Ideas] Reference
Begon's combined motives are all alike honest, and his rhetoric is as sound as that of Sarpedon or of Gunnar. From Wordnik.com. [Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature] Reference
Thus encouraged the army pressed forward, the walls being pierced by the Lycian King Sarpedon, a son of Zeus. From Wordnik.com. [Authors of Greece] Reference
He sent him to Troy; and Sarpedon gathered a great host, men chosen out of Lycia to be allies to the Trojans. From Wordnik.com. [Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica] Reference
Sarpedon; where Simoïs so often bore beneath his whirling wave shields and helmets and brave bodies of men. '. From Wordnik.com. [The Aeneid of Virgil] Reference
The successful candidate was named Sarpedon, and he hailed from Lycia in the south of the Roman Asia Province. From Wordnik.com. [The Grass Crown]
This is sufficient for her; this incident supplies the place of an answer, and persuades her that Sarpedon is her lover. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 354, January 31, 1829] Reference
Patroclus, a Greek hero, is fated to kill Sarpedon, the human offspring of one of Zeus's many liaisons with mortal women. From Wordnik.com. [Dictionary of the History of Ideas] Reference
And often, while we gods are observing a fast, when we mourn for Memnon or Sarpedon, you are pouring libations and laughing. From Wordnik.com. [Clouds] Reference
Then Ares morphs into the form of Sarpedon and taunts Hector — the hero is holding back from the fight with rare reticence. From Wordnik.com. [Ilium]
Sarpedon, full of the advantage it would be, as well for the honor as the safety of his scholars, would often bring Cato to wait upon. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans] Reference
Son of Cronos, glorious leaders of wealthy men — Minos the ruler, and just Rhadamanthys and noble Sarpedon the blameless and strong. From Wordnik.com. [Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica] Reference
Sarpedon go to his doom; in his agony he shed tear-drops of blood and ordered Death and Sleep to carry the body back to Lycia for burial. From Wordnik.com. [Authors of Greece] Reference
But him Sarpedon, leader of the Lycians, in return accosted. From Wordnik.com. [The Iliad of Homer (1873)] Reference
Sarpedon and Minos, came to be at variance in Crete about the kingdom. From Wordnik.com. [The history of Herodotus — Volume 1] Reference
At last Sarpedon, son of Jove, ventured to oppose himself in fight to Patroclus. From Wordnik.com. [The Age of Fable] Reference
But Sarpedon commanded the illustrious allies, and chose to himself Glaucus and warlike. From Wordnik.com. [The Iliad of Homer (1873)] Reference
A great number of the barbarians, including Sarpedon the son of Zeus, fell to this sponger. From Wordnik.com. [Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03] Reference
Sarpedon threw his spear, but missed Patroclus, but Patroclus threw his with better success. From Wordnik.com. [The Age of Fable] Reference
But Sarpedon and gallant Glaucus from Lycia afar, from the eddying Xanthus, led the Lycians. From Wordnik.com. [The Iliad of Homer (1873)] Reference
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