Diomede

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This article is about the female Greek mythology character. For the male Diomedes, who fought at Troy, see Diomedes. For the islands in Alaska and Russia, see Diomede Islands. For other uses, see Diomedes (disambiguation).

As written in Homer's Iliad, Diomede (Greek: Διομήδης Diomēdēs) was a mistress of Achilles, taken up after the seizure of Briseis by King Agamemnon. Her father was Phorbas of Lemnos. She is mentioned in Iliad 9.665, and appears in Eustathius ad Hom. p. 596 and Dict. Cret. 2.19 under the name Διομήδεια (Diomedeia).