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Diomedes
[ dahy-uh-mee-deez ]
noun
, Classical Mythology.
- a Greek hero in the Trojan War.
- a Thracian king who fed his wild mares on human flesh and was himself fed to them by Hercules.
Diomedes
/ ˈdaɪəˌmɛd; ˌdaɪəˈmiːdiːz /
noun
- a king of Argos, and suitor of Helen, who fought with the Greeks at Troy
- a king of the Bistones in Thrace whose savage horses ate strangers
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With his large and wearisome picture of “Hercules causing Diomedes to be devoured by his own Horses” he sealed his own fate.
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The eighth labour was to obtain the mares of Diomedes, king of the Bistones, in Thrace, which fed upon human flesh.
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The Greeks, aware of this prediction, sent Diomedes and Ulysses to carry it away during the night—a feat which they accomplished.
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The ambassadors return from the city of Diomedes and report that he praises Æneas and counsels submission (263-336).
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Diomedes no doubt figured in the story of the second attack upon Thebes.
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