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Patroclus kills this Trojan
A
Hector
B
Priam
C
Aeneas
D
Sarpedon
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -THE DEATH OF PATROKLOS After slaying Sarpedon, Patroklos presses forward towards Troy (16.684-91), ignoring Achilleus’ earlier advice to drive the Trojans from the ships and return. The god, Apollo, confronts Patroklos and warns him that neither he nor Achilleus is destined to conquer Troy (16.707-09).

Detailed explanation-2: -Summary. This early Greek painting depicts an episode from Homer’s Iliad where Sarpedon, a hero of the Trojan War, is killed by the spear of Patroklos, an enemy warrior. Zeus watches as his son “dies raging” (Iliad, transl. Richmond Lattimore, book 16, line 491).

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