On their way to the Trojan camp, Diomedes and Odysseus discovered Dolon approaching the Achaean camp.

Diomedes threw his spear over Dolon ’ s shoulders and ordered him to stop.

Then they went where Dolon had indicated, and having found the Thracian king, Diomedes let him and twelve of his soldiers pass from one kind of sleep to another ; for they were all killed in their beds, while asleep.

In Homer, Aphrodite, venturing into battle to protect her son, Aeneas, is wounded by Diomedes and returns to her mother, to sink down at her knee and be comforted.

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.

Some say that Diomedes conspired with Odysseus against Palamedes, and under the pretence of having discovered a hidden treasure, they let him down into a well and there stoned him to death.

Diomedea amsterdamensis can be broken down into Diomedea from the Greek hero Diomedes, whose companions were turned to birds, and amsterdamensis, a Latin form of " Amsterdam " the island where they are found.

Aphrodite and Apollo rescue Aeneas from combat with Diomedes of Argos, who nearly kills him, and carry him away to Pergamos for healing.

After Achilles, Ajax is the most valuable warrior in Agamemnon's army ( along with Diomedes ), though he is not as cunning as Nestor, Diomedes, Idomeneus, or Odysseus, he is much more powerful and just as intelligent.

Diomedes and Odysseus, when faced with his attack, described him as what Robert Fagles translated as an ' invincible headlong terror ', and a ' maniac '.

He was said to have been entrusted with — and slain by — the carnivorous mares of Thracian Diomedes.

Later, with Helen's help, Odysseus and Diomedes stole the Palladium.

Greek mythology is replete with Thracian kings, including Diomedes, Tereus, Lycurgus, Phineus, Tegyrius, Eumolpus, Polymnestor, Poltys, and Oeagrus ( father of Orpheus ).

Diomedes Cato, a native-born Italian who lived in Kraków from about the age of five, became one of the most famous lutenists at the court of Sigismund III, and not only imported some of the musical styles from southern Europe, but blended them with native folk music.

Paris's second attempt at combat is equally faced: rather than engage the Greek hero Diomedes in melee combat, Paris wounds Diomedes with an arrow through the foot.

One of the Epigoni, he went with Diomedes to Troy.

In his book Greek Religion, Walter Burkert notes the connection with the motif of far-off Dilmun: " Thus Achilles is transported to the White Isle, which may refer to Mount Teide on Tenerife, whose volcano is often snowcapped and as the island was sometimes called the white isle by explorers, and becomes the Ruler of the Black Sea, and Diomedes becomes the divine lord of an Adriatic island ".

He ruled Iphis ' half of Argos, along with Diomedes, after both Adrastus and Aegialeus had died.

She fell in love with Diomedes and saved him from being sacrificed to Ares by her father.

Another Xanthus, not to be confused with the horse mentioned above, was one of the horses of Diomedes of Thrace, who fed these animals on human flesh.

According to Homer, Diomedes enters the war with a fleet of 80 ships, third only to the contributions of Agamemnon ( 100 ships ) and Nestor ( 90 ).

* Although Diomedes dismissed Agamemnon ’ s taunting with respect, he did not hesitate to point out Agamemnon ’ s inadequacy as a leader in certain crucial occasions.

In Aulis, where Achaean leaders gathered, Diomedes met his brother in arms Odysseus, with whom he shared several adventures.

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

Diomedes then slays a number of Trojan warriors including Phegeus ( whose brother was spirited away by Hera ’ s son before being slain by Diomedes ) until Pandarus wounds him with an arrow.

Not bothering with weapons, Diomedes picks up a huge stone and crushes his enemy's hip with it.

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

Diomedes received the most direct divine help and protection.

It is seen that although Diomedes received Athena ’ s help without asking for it, Odysseus prayed for help even before the start of the footrace he participated.

He begged Diomedes for help in warring against the Messapians, for a share of the land and marriage to his daughter.

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.

Agamemnon, Diomedes, and other heroes from Argolís ’ s fertile plain figure prominently in the Iliad of Homer.

" 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.

Diomedes, King of Argos-Roman copy of a statue by Kresilas from ca.

Diomedes, in turn, married Aegialeus's daughter Aegialia when he returned from battle.

All the troops from Argos, Tiryns, Troezen and some other cities were headed by Diomedes.

Apart from his outstanding fighting abilities and courage, Diomedes is on several crucial occasions shown to possess great wisdom, which is acknowledged and respected by his much older comrades, including Agamemnon and Nestor.

*" As he ( Diomedes ) spoke he sprang from his chariot, and his armour rang so fiercely about his body that even a brave man might well have been scared to hear it.

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 ).

Respecting Apollo, Diomedes then withdraws himself from that combat.

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

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.

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.

The Greeks never allowed the horses to drink from that river for all of them were stolen by Diomedes and Odysseus shortly after their arrival ).

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

" Under Odysseus ' cover, Diomedes withdrew the arrow but unable to fight with a limp, he retired from battle.

Because Odysseus was essential for the destruction of Troy, Diomedes refrained from punishing him.

Some say that Diomedes was robbed of the palladium by Demophon in Attica, where he landed one night on his return from Troy, without knowing where he was.

In any case Aegialia, being helped by the Argives, prevented Diomedes from entering the city.