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“Shame on you Lycians
Where do you run like this
It’s time to show your bravery
I’m going to face this man myself
Let’s see who slaughtered the Trojans here,
Who is this evil man?
He undid the knees of many noble valiants”...
(I . XVI, 422 vd.)

When Patroclus, who was wearing the armor of Achilles,
faced Sarpedon, his father Zeus was very upset. Because the
god of gods knows that at the end of this struggle, the fate of
his son Sarpedon will be death. Therefore, he even considers
sending his son back to Lycia with Apollon, the god of the land
of lights, by withdrawing his son from the war.

Fig. 41: Europa Begging Zeus for the Life of Sarpedon,
Son of Europa. Bell Crater. 4th BC Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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