Diomède (Thrace)

See also: Diomède

In the Greek Mythology, Diomède (in Greek old Διομήδης / Diomếdês ), king of Thrace, had habit to nourish its horses with the flesh of its hosts. Certain legends make of them the son of Arès and Cyrène, others that of Atlas and Astéria (related with the Titans thus).

Mares of Diomède

Héraclès accepted the order to conceal to him its horses for its eighth work. It seized some and, leading them to the variation of the palate, went back there to strike Diomède. It gave its body dying man then to be devoured with his own mares. According to a version of the legend, it brought with him several young people to help it, of which Abdère, his/her lover. Abdère was killed by one of the mares. Héraclès buried it and founded around the tomb the town of Abdère. The animals were then tamed, and Héraclès made them come to Argos, with the king Eurysthée.

According to the tradition, Bucéphale, horse of Alexandre Large the, went down from the one of the mares of Diomède.

Sources

  • (II, 5,8).

  • (IV, 15, 2).

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