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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 azure-eyed goddess Minerva rushed towards the son of Tydeus; but she found that prince by his steeds and chariot, cooling the wound which Pandarus had inflicted on him with a shaft.

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

Tydeus now for some time has been raging hard by the gates of Prœtus; but the seer allows him not to cross the stream of Ismenus, for the sacrifices are not auspicious.

From Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound and the Seven Against Thebes by Buckley, Theodore Alois

Who now has urged on Diomede, the overbearing son of Tydeus, to rage against the immortal gods.

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

Thus having said, ascending the variegated chariot, they directed the swift steeds impetuously against the son of Tydeus.

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

On August 27th, the entire command left England on board H. M. S. "Tydeus."

From The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 by Jahns, Lewis E.

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