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mares' of Diome'des



Pronunciation: (mârz), [key] Class. Myth.
wild mares owned by Diomedes, a Thracian king, who fed them on human flesh: captured by Hercules in fulfillment of one of his labors.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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