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Tydeus

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[tahy-dee-uhs, -dyoos, tid-ee-uhs] / ˈtaɪ di əs, -djus, ˈtɪd i əs /

noun

Classical Mythology.
  1. the father of Diomedes: one of the Seven Against Thebes.


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Arise, son of Tydeus, why dost thou indulge in sleep all night?

From The Iliad of Homer (1873) by Buckley, Theodore Alois

But you would not have known the son of Tydeus, to which side he belonged, whether he was mixed with the Trojans or with the Greeks.

From The Iliad of Homer (1873) by Buckley, Theodore Alois

Stout-hearted, warlike-minded, son of illustrious Tydeus, certainly my swift shaft, my bitter arrow has not slain thee.

From The Iliad of Homer (1873) by Buckley, Theodore Alois

But the son of Tydeus seized in his grasp a hand-stone, a huge affair, such as no two men could carry, such at least as mortals are now; but he even alone easily wielded it.

From The Iliad of Homer (1873) by Buckley, Theodore Alois

The five persons whom Statius enumerates as joining with Polynices and Adrastus, king of Argos, are Tydeus, Amphiaraus, Hippomedon, Parthenopæus, and Capaneus.

From The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition by Pope, Alexander

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