A Genuine Antique Large C19th Bronze Figure by H Peinte. #

Large C19th Bronze Figure by H Peinte. 1845-1912.. Sarpedon, in Greek legend, son of Zeus, the king of the gods, and Laodameia, the daughter of Bellerophon; he was a Lycian prince and a hero in the Trojan War. As recounted in Homer's Iliad, Book XVI, Sarpedon fought with distinction on the side of the Trojans but was slain by the Greek warrior Patroclus. 86cm high.