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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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The Greek subjects most frequently met with, refer to actions by Herakles, Perseus, Tydeus, Theseus, Peleus, Ulysses, Achilles and Ajax.

From Scarabs The History, Manufacture and Symbolism of the Scarabæus in Ancient Egypt, Phoenicia, Sardinia, Etruria, etc. by Myer, Isaac

So first, Jules received a scented letter—somebody had seen his Tydeus at the Academy, and my picture was nothing to it: a profound admirer bade him persevere—would make herself known to him ere long.

From Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning by Reynolds, Myra

Little like himself has Tydeus begotten a son.

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

If Tydeus consults the gods in the cave of a temple, the cave answers him only by great claps of thunder.

From A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" by Fran?ois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)

DIOMEDES, in Greek legend, son of Tydeus, one of the bravest of the heroes of the Trojan War.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" by Various

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