Sarpedon

Sarpedon Europe
In Homer's Iliad Sarpedon is commander of the Lycian contingent of Priam's allies. He played a prominent part in the defence of Troy, staged a daring attack on the Greek camp, and was most effective on the battlements until he was felled by the keen edge of Patroclus' spear. Another tradition makes Sarpedon the brother of Minos, with whom he quarrelled before fleeing to Asia Minor, where he founded the famous city of Miletus. The span of time separating the heroic death before the walls of Troy and the disagreement on the island of Crete was explained by supposing he had lived for three generations.