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.

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The subject, from a Roman epic poem, is obscure to modern readers: To save her son from death in war, Achilles’s mother, Thetis, hides him in female attire, but his cover is blown when the wily Odysseus and Diomedes place weapons within his reach, which he reflexively brandishes.

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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.

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“We raise animals for lots of clients. Apollo, Diomedes, and ... others.”

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“The guy lived there for years,” Diomedes Quezada, 60, a car salesman and the husband of Ms. Diaz, said of Mr. Gonzalez.

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