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Diomedes attacking Aeneas-Aphrodite stands behind him. Pandarus throws his spear mistakenly thinking he mortally wounds Diomedes. Diomedes returns the blow by throwing his spear at a bragging Pandarus, killing him instantly. Aeneas is left to fight against a now unarmed Diomedes, who picks up a huge stone and crushes Aeneas' hip with it.
Aegiale was married to Diomedes, who, on his return from Troy, found her living in adultery with Cometes. [4] According to some sources, Aegiale had multiple lovers, including a certain Hippolytus. [5]
Aegiale was a daughter of Adrastus and Amphithea and was married to Diomedes. Because of anger of Aphrodite, whom Diomedes had wounded in the war against Troy, she had multiple lovers, including a certain Hippolytus. [202] [203] when Aegiale went so far as to threaten his life, he fled to Italy.
Other gods are sometimes considered patrons of homosexual love between males, such as the love goddess Aphrodite and gods in her retinue, such as the Erotes: Eros, Himeros and Pothos. [5] Eros is also part of a trinity of gods that played roles in homoerotic relationships, along with Heracles and Hermes , who bestowed qualities of beauty (and ...
Diomede (/ ˌ d aɪ. ə ˈ m iː d iː /; Ancient Greek: Διομήδη Diomēdē) is the name of four women in Greek mythology: . Diomede, daughter of Xuthus.She married Deioneus, king of Phocis, and was the mother of Cephalus, Actor, Aenetus, Phylacus and Asterodia.
In Greek mythology, King Diomedes of Thrace (Ancient Greek: Διομήδης) was the son of Ares and Cyrene. [2] He lived on the shores of the Black Sea ruling the warlike tribe of Bistones . [ 3 ] [ 4 ] He is known for his man-eating horses , [ 5 ] which Heracles stole in order to complete the eighth of his Twelve Labours , slaying Diomedes ...
Enraged, Diomedes chases her and drives his spear into her hand between the wrist and palm. Escorted by Iris to Ares , she borrows his horses and returns to Olympus . Dione consoles her with other examples of gods wounded by mortals — Ares bound by the Aloadae and Hera and Hades shot by Heracles — and notes that Diomedes is risking his life ...
The first mention of Hermes and Aphrodite as Hermaphroditus's parents was by the Greek historian Diodorus Siculus (1st century BC) in his book Bibliotheca historica, book IV, 4.6.5. Hermaphroditus, as he has been called, who was born of Hermes and Aphrodite and received a name which is a combination of those of both his parents.