Athena answered " Diomedes most dear to my heart, do not fear this immortal or any other god for I will protect you.

" Firmly resolved in his purpose, Diomedes answered.

Diomedes and Odysseus hinder Hector and win the Greeks some time to retreat, but the Trojans sweep down upon the wall and rain blows upon it.

According to the Iliad, during the Trojan War, Diomedes fought Hector and saw Ares fighting on the Trojans ' side.

Hector ’ s brother Helenus described Diomedes ' fighting skills in this manner: " He fights with fury and fills men's souls with panic.

In Book VII, Diomedes was among the nine Achaean warriors who came forward to fight Hector in a single combat.

Having Nestor as the driver, Diomedes bravely rushed towards Hector.

Zeus saw that both Hector and Archeptolemus were about to be slain by Diomedes and decided to intervene.

Hector, seeing that they had turned back from battle, called Diomedes a " woman and a coward " and promised to slay him personally.

Diomedes thought three times of turning back and fighting Hector, but Zeus thundered from heaven each time.

Hector was vanquished by Diomedes yet again and it was Diomedes that ended up being worshipped as an immortal.

Hector soon marked the havoc Diomedes and Odysseus were making, and approached them.

Diomedes immediately threw his spear at Hector, aiming for his head.

Meanwhile, Diomedes ran towards Hector to get his spear.

Hector recovered and mingled with the crowd, by which means he saved his life from Diomedes for the second time.

Frustrated, Diomedes shouted after Hector calling him a dog.

One was owned by Eos, Diomedes and Hector.

In Book VIII of the Iliad, his son Archeptolemus suddenly becomes the charioteer of Hector when Eniopeus is killed by Diomedes.

Also in the Iliad, another instance of this phenomenon can be found in Diomedes ' outstanding performance in battle, empowered by Athena ( Book V ) as well as Hector's in the Trojan assault on the Achaian camp in Book VIII ( with the help of Zeus ) and Patroklos ' aristeia of Book XVI, which ultimately leads to his demise at the hands of Hector.

* Hector, Agamemnon, Atreus, Diomedes

Diomedes replied " Goddess, I know you truly and will not hide anything from you.

Although Athena has previously told him not to fear any immortal, Diomedes displayed his humility by saying, " I will not fight any more immortals.

Nestor advised Diomedes to turn back since no person should try to transgress Zeus ’ will.

Diomedes said, " Let Achilles stay or leave if he wishes to, but he will fight when the time comes.

Dismayed at this, Diomedes said " Seducer, a worthless coward like you can inflict but a light wound ; when I wound a man though I but graze his skin it is another matter, for my weapon will lay him low.

" Wise Diomedes said, " Such a one is at hand ; he is not far to seek, if you will listen to me and not resent my speaking though I am younger than any of you ...

Neither Homer nor Virgil gives the reader any foreshadowing of Diomedes's death except for a passage in the Iliad in which Dione, Aphrodite's mother, comforts the goddess of love ( after she has been injured by Diomedes ), telling her daughter that " the man who fights the gods does not live long " and will not be welcomed home from war by his children on his lap ( 5. 407-409 ).

Diomedes insists he will have both.

A treatise on poetry by Diomedes Grammaticus is a good example, as this work ( among other things ) categorizes dactylic hexameter verses in ways that were later interpreted under the golden line rubric.

Second only to Achilles, Diomedes is considered to be the mightiest and the most skilled warrior among the Achaeans.

When the sacrifice of Iphigenia ( Agamemnon ’ s daughter ) became a necessity for Achaeans to sail away from Aulis, king Agamemnon had to choose between sacrificing his daughter and resigning from his post of high commander among Achaeans ( in which case Diomedes would probably become the leader ).

When he decided to sacrifice his daughter to Artemis, Diomedes and Odysseus were among the few Achaean officers familiar with his plans.

Diomedes then became the owner of the second best pair of horses ( after Achilles ’ immortal ones ) among Achaeans.

On further questioning, Diomedes and Odysseus learnt that among the various allies, Thracians were the most vulnerable for they had come last and were sleeping apart from the others at the far end of the camp.

Diomedes wanted to avenge Thersites, but the other leaders persuaded the two mightiest Achaean warriors against fighting among themselves.

Pliny's Natural History records the westward progress of the plane " introduced among us from a foreign clime for nothing but its shade ", planted first at the tomb of Diomedes on the island of Tremiti, then imported to Greek Sicily by Dionysius the Elder ( c. 432-367 BC ), tyrant of Syracuse.

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" When the roughneck was at last killed by Achilles, for mocking the hero's lament over the death of the Amazon queen Penthesilea, a sacred feud was fought for Thersites ' sake ": Thersites ' cousin Diomedes, enraged at Achilles ' action, harnessed Penthesilea's corpse behind his chariot, dragged it and cast it into the Scamander, whence, however, it was retrieved and given decent burial, whether by Achilles or by the Trojans is not known from our fragmentary sources.

Later, Thersites fought against the Trojans in the Trojan War and noble Diomedes did not mistreat him ( however, Thersites was hated by all Achaeans ).

In the Achaean council, Diomedes was the first one to speak: " Let there be no taking, neither treasure, nor yet Helen, for even a child may see that the doom of the Trojans is at hand.

Diomedes was the first warrior to read this omen, and he immediately attacked the Trojans and killed Agelaus.

In spite of careful watch, Diomedes managed to launch an attack upon the sleeping Trojans.

Stealing the Palladium after killing the priests was viewed as the greatest transgression committed by Diomedes and Odysseus by Trojans.

According to Quintus Smyrnaeus, while slaughtering countless Trojans, Diomedes met an elderly man named Ilioneus who begged for mercy.

When war broke out between Aeneas and Turnus, Turnus tried to persuade Diomedes to aid them in the war against the Trojans.

Diomedes told them he had fought enough Trojans in his lifetime, and urged Turnus that it was best to make peace with Aeneas than to fight the Trojans.

Other sources claim that Diomedes had one more meeting with his old enemy Aeneas where he gave the Palladium back to the Trojans.

By chance, he is spotted by Odysseus and Diomedes while they are on a secret raid to plunder the Trojans.

During a battle between the Greeks and Trojans, Diomedes is impressed by the bravery of a mysterious young man and demands to know his identity.

Odysseus and Diomedes go into Troy disguised as beggars, where Helen recognises them but keeps their secret ; they return safely with the Palladium, killing some Trojans on the way.

Rhesus or Rhêsos () was a Thracian king who fought on the side of Trojans in Iliad, Book X, where Diomedes and Odysseus stole his team of fine horses during a night raid on the Trojan camp.