- Information
- Thracian king, owner of man-eating horses
- Son of
- 👤 Ares 👤 Cyrene (Thracian)
- Born at
- 🌍 Maroneia (Thrace)
- Ruler of
- 🌍 Abdera (Thrace) 🌍 Thrace (N. Greece) 🌍 the Land of the Bistones (Thrace) 🌍 the Land of the Cicones (Thrace)
- Dies at
- 🌍 Maroneia (Thrace) 🌍 the Land of the Bistones (Thrace) 🌍 the Land of the Cicones (Thrace)
- Killed by
- 👤 Heracles 👥 the Mares of Diomedes
- Animals
- 👥 the Mares of Diomedes
- Depictions
- 🌍 Amyclai (Laconia) 🌍 Olympia (Elis) 🌍 the Sanctuary of Zeus (Olympia) 💠 the Temple of Zeus (Olympia) 💠 the Throne of Apollo (Amyclai) 🖌️ Carnelian Intaglio Ringstone ( Private Collection; LIMC Abderos 4P-LOD )🖌️ Graeco-Roman Plasma Intaglio Ringstone (SMB FG 299; LIMC Abderos 2P-LOD )🖌️ Hellenistic Carnelian Intaglio Ringstone (Hermitage Ж 560; LIMC Abderos 1P-LOD )🖌️ Pale Carnelian Intaglio Ringstone ( Private Collection; LIMC Abderos 3P-LOD )
- Related Entities
- 🌍 Abdera (Thrace) 🌍 Lake Bistonis (Thrace)🌍 Maroneia (Thrace) 🌍 Pherai (Thessaly) 🌍 Thrace (N. Greece) 🌍 the Land of the Bistones (Thrace) 🌍 the Land of the Cicones (Thrace) 🏛️ the House of Admetos (Pherai)🏛️ the Tower of Diomedes (Thrace)👤 Abdera 👤 Abderos 👤 Ares 👤 Cyrene (Thracian) 👤 Eurystheus 👤 Heracles 👤 the Groom of Diomedes (name unknown) 👥 the Mares of Diomedes 💠 the Temple of Zeus (Olympia) 💠 the Throne of Apollo (Amyclai)
- Appears in
- 📜 Apollodoros, Library 2.5.8📜 Euripides, Alcestis 1008-1035📜 Euripides, Alcestis 476-506📜 Euripides, Alcestis 64-76📜 Ovid, Ibis 381-382📜 Ovid, Ibis 401-402📜 Palaiphatos, On Unbelievable Stories 7📜 Pausanias 3.18.12📜 Pausanias 5.10.9-5.10.10📜 Pindar fr. 169a Snell-Maehler📜 Pomponius Mela 2.29📜 Strabo 7 frr. 18a-c Radt
- Mentioned in Text
- Apollodoros, LibraryEuripides, AlcestisOvid, IbisPalaiphatos, On Unbelievable StoriesPausaniasPindarPomponius MelaStrabo