proper noun
Sarpēdōn
Meaning
- a son of Jupiter and Europa
Sarpēdōn, ŏnis, m., = Σαρπηδών,
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 Academy Smith's classical dictionaries
Biography & mythologySarpedonSarpedon. 2. A son of Zeus by Laodameia, or according to others of Evander by Deidameia, and a brother of Clarus and Themon. (Hom. Il. 6.199; Apollod.…GeographySarpedonSarpedon (Σαρπηδών or Σαρπηδωνία ἄκρα), a promontory on the coast of Cilicia, 80 stadia to the west of the mouth of the Calycadnus, and 120 from Seleu…