Diomedes/Definition

From Greek mythology, he was the king of Thrace who had a pair of "man-eating mares". It was the seventh labor of Heracles to tame these mares. According to some authors, Heracles fed Diomedes to the mares. Source: Elizabeth Vandiver, Classics scholar, authority on Greek mythology and Greek tragedy, including the Iliad, Odyssey, Aeneid, Homer, and Virgil. This definition is based on her course Classical Mythology for The Teaching Company.