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SARPEDON was a son of Zeus by Laodamia. As king of the Lycians, he was the best warrior among the Trojans' allies. Patroclus killed Sarpedon against Zeus's wishes, who then sent Sleep and Death to carry him back to Lycia (Iliad XVI.477-683). Virgil says that Sarpedon was killed before Troy (Aeneid I.99-101). Boccaccio mentions Sarpedon in a list of Trojan heroes taken prisoner with Antenor, Il Filostrato (1333-1339) IV.3.

Antenor is taken prisoner despite the valiant efforts of Sarpedon and other heroes, Tr IV.52. Troilus spends some time with him after Criseyde's departure for the Greek camp, Tr V.400-501. [Antenor: Moneteso: Polite: Polydamas: Polymestore: Rupheo: Santippe]

Sarpedon occurs medially seven times, Tr IV.52, V.403, 434, 435, 479, 489, V.500, and once in final rhyming position, Tr V.431.

Boccaccio, Tutte le opere, ed. V. Branca, II: 110; Homer, Iliad, ed. and trans. A.T. Murray, II: 198-215; Virgil, Aeneid, ed. and trans. H.R. Fairclough, I: 248-249.
From CHAUCER NAME DICTIONARY
Copyright © 1988, 1996 Jacqueline de Weever
Published by Garland Publishing, Inc., New York and London.
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