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upon the failure of Glaukos, there is a great struggle between
the Greeks and the Trojans in order to have the dead body and
the armor of Sarpedon. At the end of this legendary struggle,
the warrior armor of Sarpedon remained with the Greeks and
this armor was given as a prize in a competition held in honor of
Patroklos. The dead body of Sarpedon, on the other hand, was
decided to be sent to his hometown Lycia, accompanied by
Apollo, after Zeus convinced Hera. Thereupon, sleep and death
take Sarpedon’s dead body and bring it back to Lycia, the land
of lights (Saraçoğlu 2005).

Fig. 42: Attempting to Retrieve the Dead Body of Glaukos
Sarpedon. 4th BC National Archaeological Museum of Policoro/ Italy

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