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Diomedes Devoured by his Horses, by Gustave Moreau (1865), oil on canvas, 140 x 95.5 cm., Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen Diomedes Devoured by his Horses, by Gustave Moreau (1866), watercolor, 19.1 x 17.1 cm., private collection. Chronological listing of classical literature sources for the Mares of Diomedes:
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 ...
Diomedes does win, with his famed Trojan horses, taken from Aeneas in Book V, where it had been revealed they were descendants of the horses given by Zeus to King Tros, original founder of the Trojans, and are the finest that live. Diomedes first place prize is, "a woman skilled in all useful arts, and a three-legged cauldron".
Diomedes devoured by his mares, painting by Gustave Moreau in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen, 1865. Several anthropophagous mares are mentioned in Greek mythology. Owned by a king who feeds them human flesh, they devour their master, whom Hercules has placed in their manger. [82] Glaucus' mares do the same to their master after Iolaos wins a ...
[1] [2] This Diomedes was the king of the Bistones who was in the habit of throwing strangers to be devoured by his savage horses, till at length he himself was punished in the same way by Heracles. [3]
Jeremy pulled the hook out of his thumb and used the blood from his injury to try to attract more river monsters. Apparently, a piranha has a keen sense of smell and can detect one drop of blood ...
After this, Odysseus went back on his promise and Dolon was decapitated by Diomedes before the two went into the Trojan camp to wreak havoc, slaying Rhesus, king of Thrace, and stealing his valuable horses. [2] His son Eumedes, named after Dolon's father, survived the Trojan War to later fight and die by the hand of Turnus under the command of ...
Police in Greece said an ancient statue was dumped near garbage cans in the city of Thessaloniki. / Credit: Greek Police