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In Greek mythology, Diomêdês ("god-like cunning") was the son of Tydeus and Deipyle and a favored hero of Athena. He was one of the Epigonoi and later became King of Argos, succeeding his grandfather, Adrastus. He fought with the Greeks in the Trojan War and was one of their greatest warriors. Along with Sthenelus, he led the Argive armies. He had a horse named Lampos. One of his companions, a brother-in-arms, was named Euryalos.
Diomedes almost killed Aeneas in battle but Aphrodite, Aeneas' mother, saved him. Diomedes wounded Aphrodite and she dropped her son, fleeing to Mt. Olympus. Aeneas was then enveloped in a cloud by Apollo, who took him to Pergamos, a sacred spot in TroyThis article is about the city of Troy / Ilion as described in the works of Homer, and the location of an ancient city associated with it. For other uses see Troy (disambiguation) and Ilion (disambiguation). Troy ( Greek Τροα Troia (. Artemis healed Aeneas there.
Later in the war, Diomedes fought with HectorIn Greek mythology, Hector ("holding fast"), or Hektor was a Trojan prince and the second greatest fighter in the Trojan War after Achilles. He was the eldest son of Priam and Hecuba. Homer calls him "breaker of horses," largely to maintain the meter of h and saw AresAries (Latin for "ram"), the constellation and Zodiac sign is unrelated to Ares, the Greek god of war described below. Ares Galaxy, the peer-to-peer file sharing program, is also unrelated to Ares. The Amateur Radio Emergency Service is also unrelated to, the war-god, fighting on the Trojans' side. Diomedes called for his soldiers to fall back slowly. HeraThis article is about the goddess. For the asteroid, see 103 Hera, and also 1 Ceres, which briefly bore the name Hera. In the Olympian pantheon of classical Greek Mythology, Hera the Great Goddess of pre- Hellene Minoan culture transmitted to the Greeks t, Ares' mother, saw Ares' interference and asked ZeusZeus Kronios (descendant of Cronus), or simply Zeus or Zdeus ( Greek ) or Dias (Greek ) ("divine king") is the leader of the gods and god of the sky and thunder in Greek mythology. Etymology Zeus is the continuation of Dyeus, the supreme god in Indo-Europ, Ares' father, for permission to drive Ares away from the battlefield. Hera encouraged Diomedes to attack Ares and he threw his spear at the god. Athena drove the spear into Ares' body and he bellowed in pain and fled to Mt. Olympus, forcing the Trojans to fall back.
Diomedes and Odysseus later stole the Palladium (and King Rhesus' horses) and took it to Argos. Diomedes also killed Merops' two sons.
When the Trojan War was over, Diomedes returned home. His wife, Aegiale had been unfaithful to him and Diomedes left for Italy, where he founded the cities of Brindisium and Arpus Hippium .
At some point, Diomedes restored Oeneus to the throne of Calydon after his brother's ( Agrius) sons had overthrown him.
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