Diomedes (king of Thrace)’s Family Tree

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Family

• Ares(parent)

  Ares fathered Diomedes, the savage king of the Bistones in Thrace, who fed his man-eating mares on the flesh of strangers until Heracles slew him as one of his labors.

Slain by

• Heracles

  Heracles slew Diomedes of Thrace as his eighth labor, feeding the cruel king to his own man-eating mares, which then became tame.