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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 in the ...
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".
[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]
Jean Baptiste Marie Pierre – Diomedes King of Thrace Killed by Heracles and Devoured by his own Horses, 1752 Heracles before capturing the Mares of Diomedes. As the eighth of his labours Heracles was sent by King Eurystheus to steal the Mares of Diomedes from their owner.
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Diomedes Devoured by his Horses (1865), 140 x 95.5 cm, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen. Jason and Medea (1865), 213 x 126 cm, Musée d'Orsay.
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