Tydeus

[ tahy-dee-uhs, -dyoos, tid-ee-uhs ]

noun

, Classical Mythology.

1. the father of Diomedes: one of the Seven Against Thebes.

Example Sentences

But when Thebes fell, the Greek ships had not yet sailed to the Trojan land; and the son of Tydeus, Diomedes, was to be famed as one of the most glorious of the warriors who fought before the walls of Troy.

From Literature

"The son of Tydeus is foolish and rash, nor is aware that he who fights with the immortals is not long-lived, and that no children, as he returns from war and strife, gather round his knees to call him father."

From Project Gutenberg

"Thou, to thy grief, shalt Merion know, "And Tydeus' son shall prove thy foe, "Who wastes your realms with sword and fire; "Tydides, greater than his sire.

From Project Gutenberg

Here great Tydeus saw he eclips'd, & here the benighted Phantom of Adrastus,  '  of stalwart Parthenop�us.

From Project Gutenberg

The swift Achilles gave me as a prize What time he placed Patroclus on the pile, And Tydeus' mighty son, brave Diomede, Offer'd me here, won by his speedy coursers In the swift race by Helle's spacious wave.

From Project Gutenberg