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Diomedes of Thrace
Diomedes
A savage Thracian king who fed his mares on human flesh; slain by Hercules, distinct from the Greek hero Diomedes.
Reading notes
- The Heroides §9 Diomedes
The Thracian Diomedes who fed his mares on human flesh, killed by Hercules (not the Greek hero of the Iliad).
- Metamorphoses §9.248 the Thracian's horses
The man-eating mares of the Thracian king Diomedes, which Hercules captured after feeding their master to them.