Diomedes
Americannoun
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a Greek hero in the Trojan War.
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a Thracian king who fed his wild mares on human flesh and was himself fed to them by Hercules.
noun
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a king of Argos, and suitor of Helen, who fought with the Greeks at Troy
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a king of the Bistones in Thrace whose savage horses ate strangers
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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
When the Greek Diomedes meets the Trojan Glaucus and asks, "Young gallant stranger, who are you?"
From Time Magazine Archive
Some say that Diomedes went with him and others Neoptolemus, also called Pyrrhus, the young son of Achilles.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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