mares of Diomedes
Americanplural noun
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The Mares of Diomedes.—The eighth labour of Heracles was to bring to Eurystheus the mares of Diomedes, a son of Ares, and king of the Bistonians, a warlike Thracian tribe.
From Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by Berens, E.M.
The car was pulling like the mares of Diomedes.
From Jonah and Co. by Yates, Dornford
The taking of the mares of Diomedes was the eighth labor.
From Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) by Various
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