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Διομήδης (EL)
Diomedes (EN)

O Διομήδης ήταν βασιλιάς των Βιστώνων, ενός θρακικού λαού γνωστού για την αγριότητά του που ζούσε γύρω από τη λίμνη Βιστωνίδα. Ήταν γιος του Άρη και της νύμφης Κυρήνης ή της Αστερίας, κόρης του Άτλαντα, και σύζυγος της Ιπποδάμειας. Δεν θα πρέπει να συγχέεται με τον Διομήδη που πήρε μέρος στον Τρωικό πόλεμο. Ο Διομήδης ήταν γνωστός για τα τέσσερα θηλυκά ανθρωποφάγα άλογά του, που έβαζε να κατασπαράζουν όποιον ξένο έφτανε στη χώρα του.  Επειδή τα άλογα ήταν τόσο άγρια, τα είχαν δεμένα με σιδερένιες αλυσίδες, ενώ γύρω από τον στάβλο είχαν τοποθετήσει φρουρά από άντρες για τη φύλαξή τους.  Ο όγδοος από τους δώδεκα άθλους που ανέθεσε ο Ευρυσθέας στον Ηρακλή ήταν να σταματήσει αυτήν την αιμοβόρα τακτική του Διομήδη και να παραδώσει ζωντανά τα άλογα στις Μυκήνες.  Σύμφωνα με τον Απολλόδωρο, ο Ηρακλής ξεκίνησε με μiα ομάδα από εθελοντές ανάμεσα στους οποίους ήταν και ο αγαπημένος φίλος του ο Άβδηρος, γιος του Ήρεμου και της Θρονίας, από τον Οπούντα της Λοκρίδας. Ο Ηρακλής, φθάνοντας στο παλάτι του Διομήδη και στους στάβλους,  νίκησε τους υπηρέτες που φύλαγαν τα άλογα και τα απήγαγε. Μόλις όμως το έμαθαν οι ντόπιοι, του επιτέθηκαν προσπαθώντας να ανακτήσουν τα άλογα. Ο Ηρακλής εμπιστεύτηκε τις φοράδες στον Άβδηρο, αλλά τα ζώα τον παρέσυραν και τον σκότωσαν. Ο Ηρακλής, αφού νίκησε τους ντόπιους, σκότωσε τον Διομήδη και στη θύμηση του φίλου του ίδρυσε σε εκείνον τον τόπο την πόλη Άβδηρα, στην οποία όρισε να γίνονται ετήσιοι αγώνες προς τιμήν του. Στη συνέχεια οδήγησε τις φοράδες στον Ευρυσθέα, ο οποίος τις αφιέρωσε στην Ήρα ή κατ’ άλλους τις άφησε ελεύθερες και κατασπαράχθηκαν από άγρια θηρία στον Όλυμπο. Μια άλλη παραλλαγή του μύθου αναφέρει πως o Ηρακλής σκότωσε τον Διομήδη, προσφέροντάς τον ως τροφή στις φοράδες του που τον κατασπάραξαν. (EL)
Diomedes was a king of the Bistonians, a Thracian people known for their savagery who lived around Lake Bistonis. The son of Ares and either the nymph Cyrene or Asteria, daughter of Atlas, and the husband of Hippodamia, he is not to be confused with the Diomedes who took part in the Trojan War. This Diomedes had four savage mares which fed on human flesh and which he loosed against strangers entering his kingdom. Because they were so fierce they were kept tethered with iron chains, and guards were permanently posted around their stable. The eighth of the twelve labours that Eurystheus imposed upon Heracles was to put an end to this terrible practice and bring the mares back to Mycenae. According to Apollodorus, Heracles set off with a band of volunteers, among them his friend Abderus, son of Hermes and Thronia and a native of Opus, in Locris. Upon arriving at Diomedes’ stables, Heracles overpowered the grooms and led the mares away. When the local people learned of this, however, they attacked him in order to recover the animals.  Heracles entrusted the mares to Abderus, but they were too strong for him and killed him. Having defeated his attackers, Heracles then slew Diomedes and in memory of his friend founded the city of Abdera in the place where he had died, ordering that games be held annually in his honor. He then took the mares to Eurystheus, who dedicated them to Hera or, by another account, set them free on Mount Olympus where they were devoured by wild beasts. Yet another version of the myth says that Heracles killed Diomedes by feeding him to his own mares. (EN)


Άβδηρα
Μαρώνεια
Αρχαία Άβδηρα
Ίσμαρος
Αναστασιούπολις-Περιθεώριον
Βιστωνίδα


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Ερευνητικό Κέντρο Αθηνά/Ινστιτούτο Επεξεργασίας του Λόγου (EL)
Athena Research Center/Institute for Language and Speech Processing (EN)


In Vergili Aeneidos librum commentarius 3.51
In Vergili Aeneidos librum commentarius 3.51
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Text
Creator
Σέρβιος
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Periodos to Nicomedes 664-671
Periodos to Nicomedes 664-671
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Text
Creator
Ψευδο-Σκύμνος ή Παυσανίας της Δαμασκού, Pseudo-Scymnus or Pausanias of Damascus
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Geographica 7.8.44
Geographica 7.8.44
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Text
Creator
Strabo, Στράβωνας
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Epistulae 19.4 (ed. Bodnar & Foss)
Epistulae 19.4 (ed. Bodnar & Foss)
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Text
Creator
Cyriacus Anconitanus
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
On Incredible Tales 7
On Incredible Tales 7
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Text
Creator
Παλαίφατος
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
De rerum natura 5.31-32
De rerum natura 5.31-32
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Text
Creator
Λουκρήτιος
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Bibliotheca 2.5.8
Bibliotheca 2.5.8
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Text
Creator
Απολλόδωρος
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Heracles 380-385
Heracles 380-385
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Text
Creator
Ευριπίδης
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Discourses 8.31
Discourses 8.31
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Text
Creator
Δίων Χρυσόστομος
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
On Animals 15.25
On Animals 15.25
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Text
Creator
Αιλιανός
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
fr. 169a.9-12
fr. 169a.9-12
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Text
Creator
Πίνδαρος
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Troades 1105-1107
Troades 1105-1107
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Text
Creator
Σενέκας ο νεότερος
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Imagines 2.25
Imagines 2.25
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Text
Creator
Φιλόστρατος
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Posthomerica 6.245-248
Posthomerica 6.245-248
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Text
Creator
Κόιντος Σμυρναίος
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Bibliotheca Historica 4.15.3
Bibliotheca Historica 4.15.3
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Text
Creator
Διόδωρος Σικελιώτης
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Imagines 1.17.2
Imagines 1.17.2
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Text
Creator
Φιλόστρατος
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Fabulae 30.9
Fabulae 30.9
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Text
Creator
Υγίνος
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
De chorographia 2.29
De chorographia 2.29
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Text
Creator
Πομπώνιος Μέλας
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Natural History 4.42.1
Natural History 4.42.1
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Text
Creator
Πλίνιος ο Πρεσβύτερος
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Res Gestae 22.8.3
Res Gestae 22.8.3
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Text
Creator
Αμμιανός Μαρκελλίνος
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Polyhistor 10.8
Polyhistor 10.8
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Text
Creator
Σολίνος
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Metamorphoses 7.16
Metamorphoses 7.16
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Text
Creator
Απουλήιος
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
De raptu Proserpinae 2.9-14
De raptu Proserpinae 2.9-14
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Text
Creator
Κλαυδιανός
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
The man-eating horses devouring the king Diomedes
The man-eating horses devouring the king Diomedes
Date
480 BC - 323 BC
ekt:Proxy.dcterms:temporal.en
Classical Period
Item type
Sealstone
Creator
Etruscan workshop, Ετρουσκικό εργαστήριο
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
The man-eating horses devouring the king Diomedes
The man-eating horses devouring the king Diomedes
Date
1453 - 1821
Item type
3D Αrtefacts and Realia
Creator
Willem Dermoyen, Βρυξέλλες, Willem Dermoyen, Brussels
Place
Madrid
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Herakles feeds the dead Diomedes to his wild horses
Herakles feeds the dead Diomedes to his wild horses
Date
1453 - 1821
Item type
3D Αrtefacts and Realia
Place
Madrid
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Herakles defeats Diomedes
Herakles defeats Diomedes
Date
31 BC - 324
ekt:Proxy.dcterms:temporal.en
Roman Period
Item type
Coin
Creator
mint of Alexandria (Egypt), νομισματοκοπείο Αλεξάνδρειας (Αίγυπτος)
Place
Alexandria
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Hercules defeats Diomedes and takes his horses
Hercules defeats Diomedes and takes his horses
Date
31 BC - 324
ekt:Proxy.dcterms:temporal.en
Roman Period
Item type
Sculpture
Place
Delphi
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Hercules defeats Diomedes and captures his horses
Hercules defeats Diomedes and captures his horses
Date
31 BC - 324
ekt:Proxy.dcterms:temporal.en
Roman Period
Item type
Archaeological object, Sculpture
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Herakles and a Diomedes' horse
Herakles and a Diomedes' horse
Date
323 BC - 31 BC
ekt:Proxy.dcterms:temporal.en
Hellenistic Period
Item type
Coin
Creator
mint of Taras, νομισματοκοπείο Τάραντα
Place
Taranto
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Herakles with the horses of Diomedes
Herakles with the horses of Diomedes
Item type
Vase
Creator
Apulian workshop, Απουλικό εργαστήριο
Place
Bari
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Herakles attacks to Diomedes
Herakles attacks to Diomedes
Date
31 BC - 324
ekt:Proxy.dcterms:temporal.en
Roman Period
Item type
Coin
Creator
mint of Hadrianopolis, νομισματοκοπείο Αδριανουπόλεως
Place
Edirne
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
The man-eating horses devouring the king Diomedes
The man-eating horses devouring the king Diomedes
Date
30/03/1863 - 18/03/1913
Item type
3D Αrtefacts and Realia
Creator
Gustave Moreau (1826-1898)
Place
Paris
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Herakles takes one of Diomedes' horses
Herakles takes one of Diomedes' horses
Date
480 BC - 450 BC
ekt:Proxy.dcterms:temporal.en
Early Classical Period
Item type
Sculpture
Creator
Olympia Master, Γλύπτης της Ολυμπίας
Place
Olympia
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)




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