Tlepolemus
Greek · quartigod · heroic age · Recorded classification
Iliadic attestation. Rhodian colonizer. Killed by Sarpedon at Troy — the half-uncle case.
Parentage
- paternal: Heracles
- maternal: Astyoche daughter of Phylas
Domains
- city founding
- kingship
Powers
- Divide Rhodes into three and found its three cities
- Wound Sarpedon in single combat before falling to him
Sources
- existence: Hom. Il. 2.653-670, 5.628-662; Apollod. 2.7.6, 2.8.2 (primary)
- parentage: Hom. Il. 2.658 (primary)