Diomedes challenged Glaucus in combat, and Glaucus said he, as the grandson of Bellerophon, would fight anyone. He was born to Tydeus, who was one of the seven against Thebes.Īs above, these two actually have some interesting interactions. He was a subordinate and close friend of Sarpedon as a captain in the Lycian army, who were allies of Troy.ĭiomedes, meanwhile, is one of the best warriors of the Achaeans, behind only Achilles. Glaucus was actually the grandson of the hero Bellerophon, as he was the son of his son, Hippolochus. The scene is first in the field of battle, between the rivers Simois and Scamander, and then changes to Troy. Hector, having performed the orders of Helenus, prevails upon Paris to return to the battle, and, taking a tender leave of his wife Andromache, hastens again to the field.
The battle relaxing during the absence of Hector, Glaucus and Diomed have an interview between the two armies where, coming to the knowledge, of the friendship and hospitality passed between their ancestors, they make exchange of their arms. Helenus, the chief augur of Troy, commands Hector to return to the city, in order to appoint a solemn procession of the queen and the Trojan matrons to the temple of Minerva, to entreat her to remove Diomed from the fight. The gods having left the field, the Grecians prevail.
THE EPISODES OF GLAUCUS AND DIOMED, AND OF HECTOR AND ANDROMACHE
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