{"id":693,"date":"2025-07-03T16:26:52","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T16:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/?p=693"},"modified":"2025-07-03T16:27:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T16:27:51","slug":"seven-against-thebes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/?p=693","title":{"rendered":"Seven Against Thebes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-opt-id=747884435  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ml6vmqguit1n.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:1024\/q:mauto\/f:best\/http:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Dutch-US-Joint-DIOMEDE-CAMPAIGN.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ml6vmqguit1n.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:1024\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Dutch-US-Joint-DIOMEDE-CAMPAIGN.png 1024w, https:\/\/ml6vmqguit1n.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Dutch-US-Joint-DIOMEDE-CAMPAIGN.png 300w, https:\/\/ml6vmqguit1n.i.optimole.com\/w:150\/h:150\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Dutch-US-Joint-DIOMEDE-CAMPAIGN.png 150w, https:\/\/ml6vmqguit1n.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:768\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Dutch-US-Joint-DIOMEDE-CAMPAIGN.png 768w, https:\/\/ml6vmqguit1n.i.optimole.com\/w:1536\/h:1536\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Dutch-US-Joint-DIOMEDE-CAMPAIGN.png 1536w, https:\/\/ml6vmqguit1n.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:1920\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Dutch-US-Joint-DIOMEDE-CAMPAIGN.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Diomedes, the legendary King of Argos, was a force of nature in Greek mythology\u2014his military r\u00e9sum\u00e9 reads like a war god\u2019s internship. Here&#8217;s a breakdown of his most notable campaigns:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udee1\ufe0f <strong>Seven Against Thebes (Indirectly)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Diomedes\u2019 father, Tydeus, was one of the original seven champions who attacked Thebes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>After their defeat, Diomedes joined the <strong>Epigoni<\/strong>, the sons of the fallen warriors, in a second assault ten years later.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This campaign succeeded where the first failed, and Diomedes helped sack Thebes and install a new ruler.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2694\ufe0f <strong>Trojan War<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Diomedes led <strong>80 ships<\/strong> to Troy, making him one of the top contributors to the Greek coalition.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He was second only to Achilles in battlefield prowess and was favored by <strong>Athena<\/strong>, who even drove his chariot once.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Notable feats:<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Wounded Ares<\/strong>, the god of war, with Athena\u2019s help.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Injured Aphrodite<\/strong> while she tried to protect her son Aeneas.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Stole the Palladium<\/strong>, a sacred statue of Athena, from Troy with Odysseus\u2014a key act that helped ensure Troy\u2019s downfall.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Participated in covert missions, including the <strong>night raid on the Thracians<\/strong>, where he and Odysseus killed King Rhesus and stole his horses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udfdb\ufe0f <strong>Post-War Campaigns<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>After returning from Troy, Diomedes found his throne in Argos compromised due to divine meddling (Aphrodite wasn\u2019t thrilled about that spear wound).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He later sailed to <strong>Italy<\/strong>, where he founded several cities and was worshipped as a hero and even a minor deity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Diomedes wasn\u2019t just a warrior\u2014he was a tactician, a diplomat, and a mortal who dared to challenge the divine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Diomedes\">1 en.wikipedia.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldhistory.org\/Diomedes\/\">2 www.worldhistory.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ancient-literature.com\/diomedes-iliads\/\">3 ancient-literature.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/histoires-du-monde.com\/en\/greek-mythology\/diomede-the-greek-hero-of-the-trojan-war-his-exploits-and-his-courage\/\">4 histoires-du-monde.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diomedes, the legendary King of Argos, was a force of nature in Greek mythology\u2014his military r\u00e9sum\u00e9 reads like a war god\u2019s internship. Here&#8217;s a breakdown of his most notable campaigns: \ud83d\udee1\ufe0f Seven Against Thebes (Indirectly) \u2694\ufe0f Trojan War \ud83c\udfdb\ufe0f Post-War Campaigns Diomedes wasn\u2019t just a warrior\u2014he was a tactician, a diplomat, and a mortal who&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/?p=693\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Seven Against Thebes<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":694,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-historical-relevance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=693"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":697,"href":"https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693\/revisions\/697"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}