Diomedeia

In Greek mythology Diomedeia (Ancient Greek: Διομήδεια) is a name that may refer to:

Persons:

• Diomedeia, same as Diomede
• Diomedeia, possible mother of Protesilaus and possibly Podarces by Iphiclus.[1]

Place:

• Diomedeia is also the name of a city in Daunia.[2]

Notes

1. Hyginus, Fabulae 103
2. Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica s.v. Διομήδεια

References

• Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. Online version at the Topos Text Project.