One of the sons of the Seven (Epigoni), Diomedes was one of the most courageous and successful heroes to fight in the
Trojan War. His reckless courageousness made him favorite of
Athena, and his tremendous strength and unparallelled combat abilities earned him kill after kill at
Troy where he earned his moniker, the "Lord of the Warcry".
Diomedes was such the warrior, he injured
Aphrodite in the
Trojan War and even stood against
Ares' thrown spear and immediately hurled it back against the
God of
War and injured him as well.
Diomedes was one of the few who hid in the
Trojan horse and as such was one of the few leaders who made it safely back to
Greece alive. Later driven to exile, Diomedes fled to
Italy where he eventually turned down a final battle against the Trojans remarking,
I have fought too many Trojans in my life, I shall not fight another.