Book 16:419-507
Patroclus kills Sarpedon, son of Zeus; Zeus rains blood in mourning.
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From The Iliad by Homer
Patroclus, wearing Achilles' armor, drives the Trojans back and kills Sarpedon, but is slain by Hector with Apollo's aid, the turning point of the poem.
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Apollo stuns Patroclus, Euphorbus wounds him, and Hector finishes him; Patroclus prophesies Hector's death with his dying breath.
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