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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.


Diomedes British  
/ 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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Cressida’s pledge to remain faithful to Troilus is shattered after she meets the handsome Greek Diomedes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

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

This Cressida does not leave her Trojan lover Troilus for a Greek lover, Diomedes; she chooses an unhappy life among the alien Greeks to carry on the vital idea of Troy.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan

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