< Diomedes, son of Tydeus >
1 Origin
Diomedes was born in Argos in 1225 BC.
Diomedes' father was Tydeus, son of Oeneus. [Apo.3.10.8, Home.4.364, Hyginus.97]
Diomedes' mother was Deipyla (or Deipyle), daughter of Adrastus. [Apo.3.10.8, Home.4.364, Hyginus.97]
2 Family
Diomedes married Aegialeia (or Aegiale, Aegialia), daughter of Adrastus. [Dictys.6.2, Diod.7.3.1]
Diomedes and Aegialeia had no children.
Diomedes married Euippe, daughter of Daunus. [Ovid.Meta.14.500, Dic: Daunus]
Diomedes and Euippe had two sons, Diomedes and Amphinomus. [Antoninus.37]
3 Others
3.1 Attack on Thebes
In 1205 BC, Diomedes participated in the attack on Thebes led by Alcmaeon, son of Amphiaraus. [Apo.3.7.2, Diod.4.66.1, Paus.9.9.4, Paus.9.5.13]
This was to avenge the death of Diomedes' father, Tydeus, who participated in the attack on Thebes led by Adrastus in 1215 BC. [Apo.3.6.1, Hyginus.70, Paus.9.9.1]
3.2 Expedition to Aetolia
In 1202 BC, Diomedes' grandfather Oeneus fled from Calydon to Argos, pursued by the sons of Agrius. [Paus.2.25.2]
Diomedes invaded Aetolia, fought against the sons of Agrius, and recovered Oeneus's former territory. [Paus.2.25.2]
The Agrius family fled to the interior of Aetolia and founded Agrinium. [LeakeN.1.155]
3.3 Expedition to Troy
Pausanias reports that Diomedes led the Argives in an expedition to Troy in place of Cyanippus, the son of Aegialeus, who was a minor. [Paus.2.30.10]
Cyanippus was the son of Diomedes' sister Comaetho and Diomedes' nephew. [Tryph.152]
This is probably based on the truth, and the author of the Troy expedition story did not add Diomedes to the list of characters as a famous person of the time.
However, it is unclear whether Diomedes actually expeditioned to Troy.
3.4 Emigration to Italy
Diomedes emigrated to Aetolia, the former territory of his grandfather Oeneus. [Estimated from Antoninus.37]
From there, Diomedes led the Aetolians to Apulia on the eastern coast of the Italian peninsula. [Just.12.2]
3.5 Marriage with Euippe
Diomedes married Euippe, daughter of Daunus, king of Apulia. [Ovid.Meta.14.500, Dic: Daunus]
Daunus was the son of Cleolaus, son of Minos. [Estimated from Ovid.Meta.14.500, Solinus.2.6]
Cleolaus, together with Iapyx, son of Daedalus, settled in the southern part of the Italian peninsula from Crete. Cleolaus named his tribe Daunii after his son. [Estimated from Ovid.Meta.14.500, Solinus.2.6]
3.6 Founding of towns
Diomedes founded Argyrippe (present-day Foggia), Canusium (present-day Canosa), and Sipus (present-day Manfredonia). [Dic:Diomedes, Ovid.Fasti.4.63, Ovid. Meta.14.483, Strabo.6.3.9, Suda.Alpha.3791]
3.7 Death of Diomedes
Diomedes was betrayed and killed by Daunus (or Aeneas). [Arist.Minor.79, TzeAdLyco.592]
According to legend, the Aetolians who migrated with Diomedes migrated southeast and founded Brundisium, but were driven out from there by the Apulians. [Just.12.2]
It is believed that Diomedes was murdered in a conflict between the newcomer Aetolians and the indigenous Apulians.
3.8 Tomb of Diomedes
The Aetolians buried the body of Diomedes on the island while they were fleeing from Apulia by ships.
The island came to be called Diomedeia (presumably the present San Domino in the Tremiti Islands).
The island had a temple to Diomedes and a tomb for Diomedes under a plane tree. [Arist.Minor.79, Pliny.12.6]
3.9 Descendants of Diomedes
After the death of Diomedes, his son Diomedes, born to Euippe, inherited Argyrippe, which his father had founded, and his other son Amphinomus emigrated to Aetolia. [See Diomedes, son of Diomedes, Amphinomus, son of Diomedes]
