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👤 Diomedes (Thracian)

  • <span class="a type-11352" data-type_id="11352" data-object_id="11311880" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-11352_11311880">🎨 Metopes of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia (Olympia East 1-6; West 1-6; LIMC Amazones 97)</span><span class="separator"> </span><span class="a type-11352" data-type_id="11352" data-object_id="11321537" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-11352_11321537">🎨 Throne of Apollo at Amyclai (LIMC Acheloos 219)</span>
  • Information
    Thracian king, owner of man-eating horses
    Wikidata
    https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q393186
    Trismegistos
    https://www.trismegistos.org/name/2796
    Son of
    👤 Ares Olympian godApollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Euripides, AlcestisTragedy & SatyrEuripidesMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)🌍 Athens (Attica) city in AtticaEuripidesPindarPindarLate Archaic (ca. 560-479 BCE)Early Classical (ca. 480-450 BCE)🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) city in BoiotiaPindar👤 Cyrene (Thracian) mother of DiomedesApollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)
    Born at
    🌍 Maroneia (Thrace) city in ThracePomponius MelaGeographyPomponius MelaLatinEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)
    Ruler of
    🌍 the Land of the Bistones (Thrace) territory in ThraceApollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Euripides, AlcestisTragedy & SatyrEuripidesMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)🌍 Athens (Attica) city in AtticaEuripidesPindarPindarLate Archaic (ca. 560-479 BCE)Early Classical (ca. 480-450 BCE)🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) city in BoiotiaPindarStraboGeographyStrabo🌍 Thrace (N. Greece) region of northern GreeceEuripides, AlcestisTragedy & SatyrEuripidesGreekMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)🌍 Athens (Attica) city in AtticaEuripidesOvid, IbisOvidLatinEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)🌍 the Land of the Cicones (Thrace) territory of the Cicones, in coastal ThracePindarPindarGreekLate Archaic (ca. 560-479 BCE)Early Classical (ca. 480-450 BCE)Middle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) city in BoiotiaPindar🌍 Abdera (Thrace) city in ThraceStraboGeographyStraboGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)
    Dies at
    🌍 the Land of the Bistones (Thrace) territory in ThraceApollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Euripides, AlcestisTragedy & SatyrEuripidesMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)🌍 Athens (Attica) city in AtticaEuripides🌍 the Land of the Cicones (Thrace) territory of the Cicones, in coastal ThracePindarPindarGreekLate Archaic (ca. 560-479 BCE)Early Classical (ca. 480-450 BCE)Middle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) city in BoiotiaPindar🌍 Maroneia (Thrace) city in ThracePomponius MelaGeographyPomponius MelaLatinEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)🌍 Thrace (N. Greece) region of northern GreeceOvid, MetamorphosesEpicOvidLatinEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)
    Killed by
    👤 Heracles greatest Greek heroApollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)PausaniasGeographyPausaniasEuripides, AlcestisTragedy & SatyrEuripidesMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)🌍 Athens (Attica) city in AtticaEuripidesOvid, IbisOvidLatinOvid, MetamorphosesEpic👥 the Mares of Diomedes man-eating horsesPindarPindarGreekLate Archaic (ca. 560-479 BCE)Early Classical (ca. 480-450 BCE)Middle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) city in BoiotiaPindarPomponius MelaGeographyPomponius MelaLatinEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)🎨 Silver Relief Skyphos from Pompeii (MANN 145506)VesselLate Hellenistic (ca. 150-30 BCE)Exclude material sources that MANTO has not ascertained is held in accordance with UNESCO Convention🌍 Pompeii (Campania) city destroyed by VesuviusMuseo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli / National Archaeological Museum, NaplesOvid, IbisOvid
    Has post-mortem existence at
    🌍 the Underworld realm of HadesLucian, A True StoryLucianGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Lucian
    Animals
    👥 the Mares of Diomedes
    Related Entities
    👤 Abderos  👤 Ares  👤 Bousiris (Egyptian)  👤 Cyrene (Thracian)  👤 Eurystheus  🌍 the Underworld  👤 Heracles  👤 Sceiron  👥 the Mares of Diomedes  👤 Sinis  🌍 Thrace (N. Greece)  🌍 the Land of the Cicones (Thrace)  🌍 Pherai (Thessaly)  🌍 Abdera (Thrace)  🌍 the Land of the Bistones (Thrace)  🏛️ the House of Admetos (Pherai) 🌍 Maroneia (Thrace)  👤 Abdera  👤 the Groom of Diomedes (name unknown)  🌍 Lake Bistonis (Thrace) 🏛️ the Palace of Diomedes (Thrace)
    Mentioned by
    📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.5.8 📖 Pausanias 3.18.12 📖 Euripides, Alcestis 64-76 📖 Euripides, Alcestis 476-506 📖 Euripides, Alcestis 1008-1035 📖 Pausanias 5.10.9-5.10.10 📖 Palaiphatos, On Unbelievable Stories 7 📖 Lucian, A True Story 2.23 📖 Pindar fr. 169a Snell-Maehler 📖 Pomponius Mela 2.29 📖 Ovid, Ibis 381-382 📖 Ovid, Ibis 401-402 📖 Strabo 7 fr. 18a-c Radt 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 9.159-9.272 📖 Pliny, Natural History 4.42 📖 Pliny, Natural History 25.94 = 25.53.2
    Mentioned in Text
    Apollodoros, Library Pausanias Pindar Euripides, Alcestis Strabo Palaiphatos, On Unbelievable Stories Lucian, A True Story Pomponius Mela Ovid, Ibis Ovid, Metamorphoses Pliny, Natural History
    Depictions
    🎨 Hellenistic Carnelian Intaglio Ringstone (Hermitage Ж 560; LIMC Abderos 1) 🎨 Graeco-Roman Plasma Intaglio Ringstone (SMB FG 299; LIMC Abderos 2) 🎨 Pale Carnelian Intaglio Ringstone (LIMC Abderos 3) 🎨 Carnelian Intaglio Ringstone (LIMC Abderos 4) 🎨 Silver Relief Skyphos from Pompeii (MANN 145506)
    Reported depictions
    🎨 Metopes of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia (Olympia East 1-6; West 1-6; LIMC Amazones 97) 🎨 Throne of Apollo at Amyclai (LIMC Acheloos 219)
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