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  • noun One of the Greek heroes of the Trojan War.

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  • proper noun Greek mythology a hero in Greek mythology, mostly known for his participation in the Trojan War

Etymologies

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From Ancient Greek Διομήδης (Diomēdēs).

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Examples

  • But they all fled out of the chamber, and left him crying out and tormenting himself: until at last there came a secretary unto him called Diomedes, who was commanded to bring him unto the tomb or monument where Cleopatra was.

    The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume I (of X) - Greece Various 1887

  • “Brother, my augmentation of Diomedes is short-lived, you know that.

    Ilium Simmons, Dan 1981

  • Rhesus takes place during the Trojan War, on the night when Odysseus and Diomedes sneak into the Trojan camp.

    Capsule Summaries of the Great Books of the Western World Jonathan Aquino 2009

  • Rhesus takes place during the Trojan War, on the night when Odysseus and Diomedes sneak into the Trojan camp.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Jonathan Aquino 2009

  • Siberia, ivory from the Diomedes, walrus skins from the shores of the

    Lost Face 2010

  • And then the larger than life characters, their epic battles, Achilles against Hector, Ajax and Diomedes, Agamemnon the arrogant and Menelaus the "husband", and of course Ulysses/Odysseus who was so impressive a character and his role so decisive that he got an entire epic to himself...

    The Trojan War - A Reinterpretation: "The Troy Trilogy" by David and Stella Gemmell (Reviewed by Liviu Suciu and Mihir Wanchoo) Liviu 2009

  • Diomedes, either do thou slay the Thracian folk, or leave that to me, while thy care must be the horses.

    Rhesus 2008

  • Aegialeus, shalt take thy father's place and in thy youth command the host, and with thee Tydeus 'son marching from Aetolia, - him whom his father named Diomedes.

    The Suppliants 2008

  • Diomedes, either do thou slay the Thracian folk, or leave that to me, while thy care must be the horses.

    Rhesus 2008

  • Aegialeus, shalt take thy father's place and in thy youth command the host, and with thee Tydeus 'son marching from Aetolia, - him whom his father named Diomedes.

    The Suppliants 2008

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  • Diomedes, master of horses!

    April 15, 2010