Tydeus

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

noun

Classical Mythology.

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

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Example Sentences

"The son of Tydeus is foolish and rash, nor is aware that he who fights with the immortals is not long-lived, and that no children, as he returns from war and strife, gather round his knees to call him father."

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"Thou, to thy grief, shalt Merion know, "And Tydeus' son shall prove thy foe, "Who wastes your realms with sword and fire; "Tydides, greater than his sire.

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Here great Tydeus saw he eclips'd, & here the benighted Phantom of Adrastus,  '  of stalwart Parthenop�us.

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The swift Achilles gave me as a prize What time he placed Patroclus on the pile, And Tydeus' mighty son, brave Diomede, Offer'd me here, won by his speedy coursers In the swift race by Helle's spacious wave.

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Tydeus, a son of Œneus, king of Colydon.

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