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Diomedes
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(Διομήδης; Diomḗdēs).

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[1] Cultic hero of the city of Argos

Hero of the city of Argos in the Trojan War, as opposed to Agamemnon of Mycenae, the lord of north-eastern Argolis (Hom. Il. 2,559-568; cf. Il. 23,471f. [1; 2]). Son of Tydeus and Deipyle, the daughter of Adrastus. In his aristeia before Troy (Il. 5 and 6), he killed Pandarus, wounded Aphrodite when she tried to save Aene…

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Auffarth, Christoph (Tübingen), Hidber, Thomas (Berne), Karttunen, Klaus (Helsinki) and Gatti, Paolo (Trento), “Diomedes”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 28 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e319240>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510



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