Diomede (daughter of Phorbas)

Diomede ( Greek  Διομήδη ), daughter of Phorbas , is a figure in Greek mythology .

She was a granddaughter of Lapithes (thus apparently niece of the Lapithes daughter of the same name ) and came from Lesbos ; occasionally she was also referred to as Karerin . Diomede was a lover of Achilles . After the conquest of Troy , she fell into the hands of the victorious Greeks as a prisoner.

In some sources it was also called Diomedeia.

literature

• Jakob Escher-Bürkli : Diomede 3. In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume V, 1, Stuttgart 1903, Col. 814 f.
• Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll : Diomede 4 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 1022 ( digitized version ).