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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 68. Chapters: Characters in the Aeneid, Trojan Horse, Aeneas, Aeolus, Paris, Cassandra, Andromache, Anchises, Laocoon, Helenus, Diomedes, Ajax the Lesser, Ascanius, Lavinia, Creusa, Latinus, Anna Perenna, Juturna, Sinon, Astyanax, Macar, Turnus, Dardanus, Achaemenides, Picus, Iapyx, Misenus, Butes, Evander of Pallene, Theano, Automedon, Euryalus, Acestes, Hippocoon, Pandarus, Capys, Antilochus, Erulus, Halaesus, Aeneads, Caieta, Catillus, Palinurus, Achates, Antiphates, Mnestheus, Mezentius, Alcathous, Metabus, Maurus Servius Honoratus, Les Troyens, Palladium, Gates of horn and ivory, Sortes virgilianae, Vergilius Romanus, Eneados, Actor, Vergilius Vaticanus, Rutuli, Aventinus, Nisus and Euryalus, Iphitos, Camilla, Dares Phrygius, Androgeos, Pallas, Vergilius Augusteus, Thymoetes, Ripheus, Clytius, Lausus, Ornytus, Clonius, Messapus, Ilioneus, Entellus, Aletes, Quos ego, Iarbas, Halys, Mimas. Excerpt: Diomedes or Diomed (Greek: English translation: "God-like cunning" or "advised by Zeus") is a hero in Greek mythology, mostly known for his participation in the Trojan War. He was born to Tydeus and Deipyle and later became King of Argos, succeeding his maternal grandfather, Adrastus. In Homer's Iliad Diomedes is regarded alongside Ajax as one of the best warriors of all the Achaeans (behind only Achilles in prowess). His paternal uncle Heracles and his close companion Odysseus are the favoured heroes of Athena. In Virgil's Aeneid he is one of the warriors who entered the Trojan Horse shortly before the sack of Troy. Diomedes was, on his father's side, an Aetolian, and on his mother's an Argive. This is so because his father Tydeus left Calydon and fled to Argos in order to avoid being persecuted by his uncle Agrius. He married King Adrastus's daughter Deipyle. Tydeus participated in the expedition, known as the Seven Against Theb...
