A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

(Διομήδης), a daughter of Phorbas of Lemnos, was beloved by Achilles. (Hom. Il. 9.665; Eustath. ad Hom. p. 596, and Dict. Cret. 2.19, where her name appears in the poetical form of Διομήδεια.) There are three other mythical beings of this name. (Apollod. 3.10.3; Hyg. Fab. 97; comp. DEION.)

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