Podargos
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Podargos 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. Podargos's name means 'the swift'.
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.
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wikipedia (1)
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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