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In Homer's Iliad Diomedes is regarded alongside Ajax the Great and Agamemnon, after Achilles, as one of the best warriors of all the Achaeans in prowess (which is especially made clear in Book 7 of the Iliad when Ajax the Greater, Diomedes, and Agamemnon are the most wished for by the Achaeans to fight Hector out of nine volunteers, who ...
Diomedes (Διομήδης, also called "Tydides"), the youngest of the Achaean commanders, famous for wounding two gods, Aphrodite and Ares. Helen (Ἑλένη) the wife of Menelaus, the King of Sparta. Paris visits Menelaus in Sparta.
In the Iliad, occasional syntactic inconsistency may be an oral tradition effect—for example, Aphrodite is "laughter-loving" despite being painfully wounded by Diomedes (Book V, 375); and the divine representations may mix Mycenaean and Greek Dark Age (c. 1150–800 BC) mythologies, parallelling the hereditary basileis nobles (lower social ...
As a sign of friendship, Diomedes took off his bronze armor worth nine oxen and gave it to Glaucus. The latter then had his wits taken by Zeus and gave Diomedes his golden armor, said to be worth 100 oxen. [5] Glaucus was in the division of Sarpedon and Asteropaios when the Trojans assaulted the Greek wall. Their division fought valiantly ...
Sthenelus ruled Iphis' half of Argos, along with Diomedes, after both Adrastus and Aegialeus had died. [10] Sthenelus fought alongside Diomedes and the other Argives in the Trojan War and brought 25 ships to Troy. [7] In the Iliad, Agamemnon insults Sthenelus and Diomedes by comparing them to their fathers. While Diomedes keeps his composure ...
Literally, "moment of excellence", aristeiai often coincide with battleground slaughter, and feature one warrior who dominates the battle. [5]Aristeiai abound in Homer's Iliad, [6] the peak being Achilles' aristeia in Books 20–22 where he almost single-handedly routs the Trojan army and then goes on to kill its champion Hector.
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.
He fought with Diomedes in the Iliad. Sthenelus, father of Cycnus and King of Liguria. [3] Sthenelus or Sthenelās, king of Argos and son of Crotopus, son of Agenor, son of Triopas. [4] He was the father of Gelanor. [5] Sthenelus, an Egyptian prince as one of the 50 sons of King Aegyptus. [6] His mother was a Tyria and thus full brother of ...