Diomede

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Diomede (Ancient Greek: Διομήδη Diomēdē) is the name of four women in Greek mythology.

Diomede of Lesbos

As written in Homer's Iliad, Diomede was a mistress of Achilles, taken up after the seizure of Briseis by King Agamemnon. Her father was Phorbas of Lesbos.[1][2]

Diomede the Lapith

Diomede was a Lapith, and daughter of Lapithes. She married Amyclas and was the mother of Hyacinthus, Cynortes, Polyboea, Laodamia (Leaneira), and, in one version,[3] of Daphne.[4][5][6][7]

Diomede the Phocian

Diomede, daughter of Xuthus. She married Deioneus, king of Phocis, and was the mother of Cephalus, Actor, Aenetus, Phylacus and Asterodia.[8][9]

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Diomede, mother of Euryalus

A fourth character of the name Diomede is mentioned briefly in Hyginus.[10] She is given as the wife of Pallas and mother of Euryalus, who fought at Troy. Nothing else is known about her.

References

  1. ^ Iliad 9. 665
  2. ^ Eustathius on Homer, 596; Dictys Cretensis 2. 19, where she is called "Διομήδεια" (Diomedeia)
  3. ^ Parthenius, Love Romances, 15
  4. ^ Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 3. 9. 1; 3. 10. 3
  5. ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 3. 19. 4; 10. 9. 5.
  6. ^ Theoi Project - LOVES OF APOLLO
  7. ^ Theoi Project - POLYBOEA
  8. ^ Classical E-Text: NOTES ON APOLLODORUS, BIBLIOTHECA 3d
  9. ^ Apollodorus, The Library, 1.9.4
  10. ^ Hyginus, Fabulae, 97