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Deinos

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Deinos (or Deinus) is one of the four Mares of Diomedes, known for their madness and diet of human flesh. The Mares were the terror of Thrace and were kept tethered by iron chains to a bronze manger in the now vanished city of Tirida. Deinos's name means 'the terrible'.

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When

First attested
800 BCE
Attested period
-800 – 2020
Historical notes
Mares' descendants were used in the Trojan War and survived to the time of Alexander the Great.

Relationships

sibling of
Podargos, Lampon, Xanthos, Pemphredo, Enyo
enemy of
Heracles, Diomedes
allied with
Podargos, Lampon, Xanthos
co occurs with
Graeae, Zeus, Hera, Gorgons
child of
Phorcys, Ceto

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Mentioned by

Sources

wikipedia (2)
  1. Mares of Diomedes
  2. Graeae

Source passages

“The Mares, which were the terror of Thrace, were kept tethered by iron chains to a bronze manger in the now vanished city of Tirida and were named Podargos (the swift), Lampon (the shining), Xanthos (the blond) and Deinos (or Deinus, the terrible).”

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