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Diomedes (horse)
Diomedes (Jones, Daniel; Roach, Peter, James Hartman and Jane Setter, eds. ''Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary''. 17th edition. Cambridge UP, 2006.) or Diomede (; grc-gre, Διομήδης, Diomēdēs, god-like cunning" or "advised by Zeus) is a hero in Greek mythology, known for his participation in the Trojan War. He was born to Tydeus and Deipyle and later became King of Argos, Peloponnese, Argos, succeeding his maternal grandfather, Adrastus. In Homer's ''Iliad'' Diomedes is regarded alongside Ajax the Great and Agamemnon, after Achilles, as one of the best warriors of all the Achaeans (Homer), Achaeans in prowess (which is especially made clear in Book 7 of the ''Iliad'' when Ajax the Greater, Diomedes, and Agamemnon are the most wished for by the Achaeans to fight Hector out of nine volunteers, who included Odysseus and Ajax the Lesser). Subsequently, Diomedes founded ten or more Italian cities and, after his death, was worshipped as a divine being under various na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kresilas
Kresilas ( gr, Κρησίλας ''Krēsílas''; c. 480 – c. 410 BC) was a Ancient Greece, Greek Sculpture, sculptor in the Classical Greece, Classical period (5th century BC), from Kydonia. He was trained in Argos and then worked in Athens at the time of the Peloponnesian War, as a follower of the idealistic portraiture of Myron. He is best known for his statue Pericles with the Corinthian helmet. Biography Kresilas hailed from the city-state of Kydonia, on the island of Crete. He was trained in Ancient Argos, Argos as a student of Dorotheos (sculptor), Dorotheos, with whom he worked at Delphi and Ermioni, Hermione.Giuliano 1987, p. 686 Between 450 and 420 BC he worked mainly in Athens, as a follower of Myron's school and in the post-Phidias period he brought elements of compactness due to the Peloponnesian period. Roman writer Pliny the Elder wrote of a competition between the four sculptors Polykleitos, Phidias, Kresilas, and Phradmon, on the best statues of Amazons for the T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
