Diomedes (disambiguation)

Diomedes may refer to:

Fiction and mythology

• Diomedes, a hero of the Trojan War and king of Argos in Greek mythology
• Diomedes of Thrace, king of Thrace in Greek mythology
• Mares of Diomedes, legendary man-eating horses
• There is a spurious tradition stating that Diomedes would have been the original name of Jason, before he was adopted by Chiron and received his new name.
• Captain Diomedes, a character in the video games Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II – Chaos Rising and Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II – Retribution

Historical figures

• Diomedes Soter (first century BC), an Indo-Greek king
• Saint Diomedes of Tarsus (died c. 300), feast day August 16
• Saint Diomedes, feast day September 2
• Diomedes Grammaticus (4th century), a Latin grammarian
• Diomedes Cato (c. 1563 – c. 1618), a Polish-Italian composer
• Diomedes Maturan (c. 1940 – 2002), a Filipino actor
• Diomedes Komnenos (1956–1973), a Greek student and casualty of the Athens Polytechnic uprising
• Diomedes Díaz (1957–2013), a Colombian vallenato singer and composer

Places

• Villa of Diomedes, Pompeii, Italy
• Diomede Islands, Russian and U.S. islands in the Bering Strait
• Diomede Bay, Vladivostok, Russia

Other

• Diomedes, a taxonomic synonym for the plant genus Narcissus
• 1437 Diomedes, an asteroid

See also

• All pages with titles containing Diomedes
• Diomed, racehorse
• HMS Diomede, Royal Navy ships
• Diomidis