Diomedes

[ dahy-uh-mee-deez ]

noun

, Classical Mythology.

1. a Greek hero in the Trojan War.
2. a Thracian king who fed his wild mares on human flesh and was himself fed to them by Hercules.

Diomedes

/ ˈdaɪəˌmɛd; ˌdaɪəˈmiːdiːz /

noun

1. a king of Argos, and suitor of Helen, who fought with the Greeks at Troy
2. a king of the Bistones in Thrace whose savage horses ate strangers

Example Sentences

They sang “Tu Cumpleaños,” penned by Diomedes Díaz, late maestro of the Colombian folk genre known as vallenato.

From Los Angeles Times

All the stories told about him are characteristic, but the one which gives the clearest picture of him is the account of a visit he made when he was on his way to get the man-eating mares of Diomedes, one of the twelve labors.

From Literature

It was at this point that Hercules arrived, to rest and enjoy himself under a friend’s roof on his journey north to Diomedes.

From Literature

Then at last he left the tent in which he had sat so long, and went down to where the Greeks were gathered, a wretched company, Diomedes grievously wounded, Odysseus, Agamemnon, and many another.

From Literature

Some say that Diomedes went with him and others Neoptolemus, also called Pyrrhus, the young son of Achilles.

From Literature