Diomedes
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Updated: 29 Jun 2018
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Birth of DiomedesSeven Against Thebes
Death of Diomedes' father, TydeusWar of the Epigoni
Sack of Thebes
Death of AegealeusDeath of Adrastus at Megara
Diomedes and Sthenelus return to Argos
shortly after and share the throneBirth of Cyanippus,
son of Comaetho and AegialeusBirth of Aegialia,
daughter of Comaetho and Aegialeus,
future wife of DiomedesBirth of Comaetho,
sister of DiomedesTydeus marries Deipyle
Polynices marries ArgeaTydeus arrives at Argos and receives amnestyPolynices arrives at Argos and receives amnestyTydeus kills his uncle Alcathous
and his uncle Agrius exiles himAdrastus asks Theseus of Athens to retrieve the bodies of
the Seven Against Thebes who were killed in the battle
After putting the decision to a public vote, Theseus
amasses an army to storm Thebes and take back the
bodiesKing Oeneus of Calydon deposed by the sons of Agrius
Diomedes arrives shortly afterwards to kill all the traitors
except for Thersites and Onchestus, and puts his
grandfather back on the throneOeneus passes the throne to his son-in-law Andraemon
He travels to Argos to meet Diomedes but is ambushed
by Thersites and Onchestus and killed on his journey
Diomedes buries his body and founds a city - OenoeTydeus is sent ahead to demand that Polynices be reinstated as King
After being ignored by Eteocles, Tydeus challenges several leaders one
by one to combat and defeats them all
On the journey back, a group of fifty Thebans try to ambush and kill him
but Tydeus kills them allThe contest for Helen's hand in marriageDiomedes marries AegialiaNews of Helen's abduction arrives
and Diomedes goes to AulisDiomedes and Odysseus are sent to retrieve IphigeniaIphigenia is set to be married to Achilles,
but instead is sacrificed to ArtemisOdysseus and Menelaus go to Troy to attempt
to settle the dispute diplomatically, Paris fails to
give Helen upFighting begins and settlements
around Troy are takenPalamedes tells the leaders that
they ought to return to GreeceOdysseus forges a letter from Priam and places
a large amount of gold in Palamedes' tent, framing
him for treachery. Palamedes is tried and stoned
to deathOdysseus and Palamedes arrive at AulisThe Greeks land at Troy, Protesilaus is the first
to die straight after landingPhiloctetes sustains a festering wound from
a snake bite and Odysseus convinces the
Atreides to leave him on the island of LemnosOdysseus is sent to Thrace for grain but returns empty-handed.
Palamedes mocks him and Odysseus challenges him to do better.
Palamedes returns from Thrace with a boat full of grain.A mutiny against the Greek leaders is quelled by AchillesHelenus is captured and he tells the Greeks about
the three conditions needed for the fall of Troy:
- The bones of Pelops
- The son of Achilles
- The bow of Heracles
- The Palladium of TroyOdysseus and Diomedes are sent to find Achilles' son PyrrhusOdysseus and Diomedes are sent to retrieve Philoctetes from LemnosOdysseus and Diomedes raid Troy and steal the Palladium
On the way back, Odysseus tries to kill Diomedes to take all
the credit for himself but Diomedes disarms him and leads
him back to camp boundPenthesilea and the Amazons arrive at TroyAchilles kills Penthesilea and falls in love with her beauty.
Thersites mocks Achilles and Achilles kills him. Achilles and
Odysseus journey to Lesbos so that Odysseus can purify
Achilles of his crime.Memnon arrives at TroyMemnon kills Antilochus, and is then killed by AchillesAchilles storms the gates of Troy and enters the city. He is killed after Paris shoots him with an arrow.
There is a huge battle for Achilles' body. Greater Ajax holds off the Trojans while Odysseus carries off
the body.A contest is held between Odysseus and Greater Ajax over Achilles' armour.
A jury of Trojan prisoners judge Odysseus as more deserving, which drives
Ajax mad with rage so that he kills cattle, thinking the animals are the Greek
kings.Ajax comes to his senses and feels so guilty that he falls on his sword.Philoctetes is cured and kills ParisOdysseus enters Troy in disguise and is recognised by Helen,
but she regrets leaving with Paris and helps him formulate a
plan to take the PalladiumOdysseus comes up with the Trojan Horse plan
and the horse is builtThe horse is finished and filled with soldiers, including Odysseus and Diomedes,
while the other Greeks sail for the island of TenedosThe wooden horse is dragged inside the city while
the citizens decide what to do with it. Assuming
the war is over, the Trojans celebrate.As the Greeks sail back from Tenedos at nightfall, the soldiers in the horse exit and kill the guards.
The city gates are opened and the Greeks attack and raze the city to the ground.Lesser Ajax rapes Cassandra in Athena's temple,
but is spared from punishment against Odysseus'
advice because he escaped to Athena's altar.Agamemnon and Menelaus argue about their voyage home.
Diomedes and Nestor decide to leave straight away.Diomedes is caught in a storm and lands in Libya, where he
and his men are imprisoned by King Lycus, who plans on
sacrificing Diomedes to Ares.Diomedes and his men are freed by Lycus' daughter Callirhoe, who asks
Diomedes to marry her. Diomedes refuses as he is already married, but
agrees to let Callirhoe come with him to avoid the wrath of her father.Diomedes arrives back in Argos but is met by Aegialia and denied entry.
He is forced to set sail again.Diomedes lands in Aetolia and
stays in several kingdomsDiomedes decides that he and his people must move
elsewhere to start a new kingdom and they set sail againDiomedes lands in Aetolia and seeks
amnesty from King Daunus, who asks
for his help defeating the MessapiansDiomedes gathers his troops and fights and defeats the MessapiansDaunus gives Diomedes land and his daughter, Euippe, to marryVenulus, a messenger from Turnus of the Rutulians, asks Diomedes for help in their
campaign against Aeneas and his Trojans. Diomedes declines to help as he no longer
wishes for glory in war - he has seen more than enough war for one lifetime.Diomedes begins to found several citiesPeriods
The Trojan WarThe Greeks at AulisThe Iliad
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