Diomedes

American  

[dahy-uh-mee-deez] / ˌdaɪ əˈmi diz /

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.

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Diomedes British  

/ 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

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Example Sentences

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

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2023

Diomedes holds the baby of a visiting relative of a fellow rebel of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, in the Yari Plains, southern Colombia, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016.

From US News • Sep. 26, 2016

However, the cast – Roman Trekel as the poet Diomedes, John Tomlinson as Kreon, and especially Deborah Polaski as Sappho – do their best to bring it all to life.

From The Guardian • Dec. 19, 2012

Then several minor parties proposed another coalition under a mild Byzantine scholar, nonpartisan Deputy Premier Alexander Diomedes.

From Time Magazine Archive

She lifted him in her soft arms, but Diomedes, knowing she was a coward goddess, not one of those who like Athena are masters where warriors fight, leaped toward her and wounded her hand.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton