Diomede
Diomede (/ˌdaɪ.əˈmiːdiː/; 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 the King Agamemnon. Her father was Phorbas of Lesbos.[1][2]
Diomede the Lapith
Diomede was a Lapith, and daughter of Lapithes. She married King Amyclas of Sparta and was the mother of Hyacinthus, King Cynortes, Polyboea, Laodamia, and, in other versions, of Daphne.[3][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]
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
- ^ Iliad 9. 665
- ^ Eustathius on Homer, 596; Dictys Cretensis 2. 19, where she is called "Διομήδεια" (Diomedeia)
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3. 9. 1; 3. 10. 3
- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 3. 19. 4; 10. 9. 5.
- ^ Theoi Project - LOVES OF APOLLO
- ^ Theoi Project - POLYBOEA
- ^ Parthenius, Love Romances, 15
- ^ Classical E-Text: NOTES ON APOLLODORUS, BIBLIOTHECA 3d
- ^ Apollodorus, The Library, 1.9.4
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae, 97