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Tydeus
In Greek mythology, Tydeus (; Ancient Greek: Τυδεύς "Tūdeus") was an Aeolian hero of the generation before the Trojan War. He was one of the Seven Against Thebes, and the father of Diomedes, who is frequently known by the patronymic "Tydides".
Mythology.
Mythology Exile.
Tydeus was a son of Oeneus and either Periboea, Oeneus's second wife, or Gorge, Oeneus's daughter. He was the husband of Deipyle, the mother of Diomedes.
Tydeus was banished from
four defenders of Thebes against the Seven:
- Chromis, son of a Phoenician woman named Dryope and a descendant of Cadmus. His mother became a Maenad when she was pregnant with him, and gave birth to him while dragging a sacred bull by the horns. He was one of the fifty warriors that laid an ambush against Tydeus but were killed by him.
- Chromis, killed by Amphiaraus.
- Chromis, killed by Tydeus.
- Chromis, who slew Ion and was himself killed by Antiphōs.