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I hold him mightiest of them all; we did not fear even their great champion Achilles, son of an immortal though he be, as we do this man: his rage is beyond all bounds, and there is none can vie with him in prowess.". In any case Aegialia, being helped by the Argives, prevented Diomedes from entering the city. The two were happily married and had two children togethera daughter, Comaetho, and a son, Diomedes. Diomedes answered, "Hector will talk among the Trojans and say, 'The son of Tydeus fled before me to the ships.' All the troops from Argos, Tiryns, Troezen and some other cities were headed by Diomedes. Unable to find the murderers, Diomedes founded a mythical city called "Oenoe" at the place where his grandfather was buried to honour his death. Odysseus is tasked with finding Achilles--the greatest warrior of his age, without whom the Greeks cannot possibly win in Troy--but he has so many places to look and the young man's companion, who is traveling with himself and his comrade Diomedes, is so very distracting. The last was made as a peace-offering to the goddess, including temples in her honor. Diomedes was also involved in some of Odysseus' shenanigans, possibly including the killing of Palamedes, the Greek who had tricked Odysseus into going to war and may have invented the alphabet. [19] In this way Diomedes asserts his status as the foremost Achaean hero after Achilles. Such an incident doesn't happen even in the other Homeric epic, The Odyssey, where Athena always appears to Odysseus in disguise. Diomedes, with the help of Athena, also wounded Ares. Tydeus was Athena's favorite warrior at the time, and when he was dying she wanted to offer him a magic elixir (which she had obtained from her father) that would make him immortal. Diomedes then prays to Athena for the slaughter of Pandarus. iv. Then Diomedes -- like Theseus vis a vis Ariadne before him -- sailed away. Diomedes is the king of Argos and one of the generals in the Trojan War. Ten years later, the Epigoni set out to launch another expedition against Thebes, appointing Alcmaeon as their commander-in-chief. He is throw into peril and there often seems to be no hope for his return home. [45] The most distinct votive offerings to the hero were actually found within the island of Palagrua on the Adriatic. Penthesileia killed many Achaeans in battle. [26] The expression 'Diomedeian Compulsion' also originated from this. v. p. 214, &c. Farnell, Lewis Richard. Fleeing for his life, he sailed to Italy and founded Argyripa (later Arpi) in Apulia, eventually making peace with the Trojans. 15; comp. [11] According to Euripides, neither of the two went to fetch Iphigenia, though he calls the plan Odysseus' idea in Iphigenia at Taurus.[12]. He had been exiled from his homeland for killing his relatives, either his cousins or his paternal uncles. The first night mission also fulfills one of the prophecies required for the fall of Troy: that Troy will not fall while the horses of Rhesus feed upon its plains. Some say that, after the sack of Troy, Diomedes came to Libya (due to a storm), where he was put in prison by King Lycus (who planned on sacrificing him to Ares). Some of the other Trojan warriors slain by Diomedes during that night were Coroebus who came to Troy to win the hand of Cassandra,[31] Eurydamas and Eurycoon. Diomedes said, "Let Achilles stay or leave if he wishes to, but he will fight when the time comes. On their way to the Trojan camp, Diomedes and Odysseus discovered Dolon approaching the Achaean camp. The Achaean seer Calchas prophesied that Philoctetes (whom the Achaeans had abandoned on the island of Lemnos due to the vile odour from snakebite) and the bow of Heracles are needed to take Troy. [50], On San Nicola Island of the Tremiti Archipelago there is a Hellenic period tomb called Diomedes's Tomb. He even wounded Ares, whom he struck with his spear. When all the Achaean seemed discouraged, Zeus sent an eagle as a good omen.