The Diomedeia
Nixon, Gregory Michael The Diomedeia is to Diomedes as the Odyssey is to Odysseus or the Iliad is to Ilios. It indicates "the tale [or song] of Diomedes". Diomedes is most famous as one of the major Achaian (Achaean or Greek) heroes in Homer's Iliad, but the trajectory of his mythic life goes well beyond Homer, from the Argolid to Ilios (Troy) to southern Italy. But I was most drawn to the fact that this tale indicates a major awakening of character over his lifetim...