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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".
[6] Modern scholarship accepts the identification of Tirida with Stabulum Diomedis, but rejects the identification with Dicaea, leaving the site of Stabulum Diomedes as unlocated but probably near Anastasioupolis. [7] Other names borne by the settlement include Cartera Come or Kartera Kome, Turris Diomedis ('Diomedes's tower'), and Tyrida. [7]
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 Orpheus (1865), 154 x 99.5 cm, Musée d'Orsay
Police in Greece said an ancient statue was dumped near garbage cans in the city of Thessaloniki. / Credit: Greek Police
Rhesus (/ ˈ r iː s ə s /; Ancient Greek: Ῥῆσος Rhêsos) is a mythical king of Thrace in The Iliad who fought on the side of Trojans.Rhesus arrived late to the battle and while asleep in his camp, Diomedes and Odysseus stole his team of horses during a night raid on the Trojan camp.
On "River Monsters," Jeremy Wade traveled to South America to investigate where a Bolivian man named Oscar was killed when face was ripped off while swimming across the South American River.