Tydeus

Also known as: proud Tydeus · Family: The Greeks · Role: father of Diomedes · First appears: Book I · Part 6

In Book I, Part 6, Oeneus is named as the father of Tydeus, described as “the battle-eager.” Tydeus, in turn, is named as the father of stalwart Diomedes.

Relationship record

Book I · Part 6

• parent: Oeneus “And Oeneus in the Danaan land begat Tydeus the battle-eager”
• child: Diomedes “Tydeus the battle-eager, son to whom Was stalwart Diomedes.”

Book IV · Part 2

• child: Diomedes “Then grappled they, like lions famine-stung Fighting amidst the mountains o'er a stag, Whose strength is even-balanced; no whit less Is one than other in their deadly rage; So these long time in might were even-matched, Till Aias locked his strong hands round the son Of Tydeus”

Book IV · Part 4

• child: Diomedes “Which Tydeus' son had given unto his friend In hallowed Troyland.”

Book VII · Part 2

• child: Diomedes “Or of the wise Odysseus. Lo, I stand Before thee, sent by voice of prophecy.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Fall of Troy. Made with Rho MD.