Diomedes

[ dahy-uh-mee-deez ]

/ ˌdaɪ əˈmi diz /

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.

Example sentences from the Web for diomedes

Lycophron makes Cassandra say of Diomedes, ΤYΜΒΟΣ δ' αυτον εκσωσει: the temple, to which he shall fly, shall save him.

A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) |Jacob Bryant
In return for his information Dolon begged them to spare his life, but Diomedes deemed it safer to slay him.

Authors of Greece |T. W. Lumb
But Diomedes was fain to get back into his chariot and to command his charioteer to drive from the battle.'

The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy |Padriac Colum
In his absence Diomedes met in the battle Glaucus, a Lycian prince.

Authors of Greece |T. W. Lumb

On the other hand both this hero and Diomedes enjoy the special favour of Athene.

The Heroic Age |H. Munro Chadwick

Diomedes

/ (ˌdaɪəˈmiːdiːz) /

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