This article is about the female
Greek mythology character. For the male Diomedes, who fought at Troy, see
Diomedes. For the islands in
Alaska and
Russia, see
Diomede Islands. For other uses, see
Diomedes (disambiguation). Diomede is the name of three women in Greek mythology.1. As written in
Homer's
Iliad, Diomede (Greek: Diomēdēs) was a mistress of
Achilles, taken up after the seizure of
Briseis by King
Agamemnon. Her father was
Phorbas of
Lemnos. She is mentioned in Iliad 9.665, and appears in
Eustathius ad Hom. p. 596 and Dict. Cret. 2.19 under the name (Diomedeia).2. Diomede, daughter of
Lapithes. She married
Amyclas and was the mother of
Hyacinthus, Cynortes, Leanira, Polyboea,
Laodamia, and
Daphne.
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