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The Martyred Sarpedon

The great war that broke out after the valiant Lycian Pan-
daros hit Menelaos is not enough to stop the power of Sarpe-
don and his unit. So the strongest leaders of the opposing side
go on the offensive against him. The first of these was Alkame-
on, the king of Athens. Sarpedon also defeats him. Afterwards,
the Lycian valiant is attacked by Aias and Teukros, the best
Greek archer ever. Teukros swings his arrow so hard that it hits
the shiny strap on Sarpedon’s chest. However, his father Zeus
does not allow the strap holding the shield wrapped around his
body to break. Aias also strikes a blow to the shaken Sarpe-
don, but his spear cannot pierce the bronze shield. Upon this,
Sarpedon wisely retreats a little from the fray, but never leaves
the battlefield.

Fig. 39: Euphronios Crater: Carriage of Sarpedon’s body to Lycia by
Hypnos and Thanatos under the supervision of Hermes.
(İşkan – Dündar 2020, 19 Fig. 4)

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