Dĭŏmēdes, is, m., = Διομήδης.
I A son of Tydeus, king of Aetolia, and Deipyle, the successor of Adrastus in Argos; a famous hero at the siege of Troy, after which he went to Apulia, where he founded Argyripa ( Arpi ), Ov. M. 13, 100 sq.; 14, 457; Verg. A. 1, 752; 8, 9; Hor. S. 1, 5, 92; id. A. P. 146 et saep.—As grandson of Oeneus called Oenides, Ov. M. 14, 512: Diomedis Campus, the region about Cannae in Apulia, on the Aufidus , Liv. 25, 10; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 75 Müll.—Deriv., Dĭŏmēdēus (-īus ), a, um, adj., of Diomedes : enses, Ov. M. 15, 806: furtum, i. e. the rape of the Trojan Palladium , Stat. S. 5, 3, 179; called also, ausa, Claud. VI. Cons. Honor. 479: agri, i. e. Aetolian , Mart. 13, 93; on the contrary, arces, the cities founded by Diomedes in Italy , Stat. S. 3, 3, 163.—So too Diomedea (insula), an island or group of islands in the Adriatic, on the coast of Apulia , now St. Domenico, St. Nicola , and Caprara , Mel. 2, 7, 13; Plin. 3, 26, 30, § 151; cf.: Diomedis insula, id. 12, 1, 3, § 6; Paul. ex Fest. p. 75 Müll.—Hence, the birds of that place (acc. to the fable of the metamorphosed companions of Diomedes) are called Diomedeae aves, Plin. 10, 44, 61, § 126; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 11, 271; Isid. Orig. 12, 7, 28.—
II A king of the Bistones in Thrace, who gave his captives to be eaten by his horses; overcome at last by Hercules , Serv. Verg. A. 8, 300; 1, 752.—Hence, Diomedei equi, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2 praef. 12; Aus. Idyll. 19, 9; cf. Claud. in Rufin. 1, 254.