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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
    Son of
    👤 Ares 👤 Cyrene (Thracian)
    Born at
    🌍 Maroneia (Thrace)
    Ruler of
    🌍 Thrace (N. Greece) 🌍 the Land of the Cicones (Thrace) 🌍 Abdera (Thrace) 🌍 the Land of the Bistones (Thrace)
    Dies at
    🌍 the Land of the Cicones (Thrace) 🌍 the Land of the Bistones (Thrace) 🌍 Maroneia (Thrace)
    Killed by
    👤 Heracles 👥 the Mares of Diomedes
    Has post-mortem existence at
    🌍 the Underworld
    Dwelling
    🏛️ the Palace of Diomedes (Thrace)
    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
    Mentioned in Text
    Apollodoros, LibraryPausaniasPindarEuripides, AlcestisStraboPalaiphatos, On Unbelievable StoriesLucian, A True StoryPomponius MelaOvid, Ibis
    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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