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Was there anything bad to say about Diomedes? I'm looking on Wikipedia and all of it points to him being a good guy in all situations...
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Nope, he was basically the nicest warrior you would want.
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Do you think I could make it so it's bad for his enemies? For reference what I have to do is make a fake 'Wanted' ad that has something incriminating that the character we got did..

So in other words, could I change the perspective of who the audience of the ad is?
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Yeah, easily
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OK so I do it from a Trojan perspective I guess? since we are on ch. 2 of the Aeneid and that's when they sacked Troy.
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"Odysseus and Diomedes drowned Palamedes"
or
"Odysseus and Diomedes lured Palamedes into a well, which they said contained gold, then stoned him to death."

wiki says both...should I say the second one because it's way funnier since it didn't happen to me?
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ParadiceCity9 wrote:"Odysseus and Diomedes drowned Palamedes"
or
"Odysseus and Diomedes lured Palamedes into a well, which they said contained gold, then stoned him to death."

wiki says both...should I say the second one because it's way funnier since it didn't happen to me?


How about "Diomedes: Wanted for being polite and good natured to the point of annoyance"
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"Odysseus and Diomedes stole the Palladium"

I could say that and that he killed Pandaros and almost killed Aeneas. but I also need to illustrate the most profound characteristic of him..so how can I make it apparent that my drawing is that of one of the greatest strategists in the War?
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Which Diomedes?

The Horses of Diomedes are famous for being stupidly fast because they were fed on human meat. For a cop-out, just do that, and tell our teacher it's a case of mistaken identity.
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The1exile wrote:Which Diomedes?

The Horses of Diomedes are famous for being stupidly fast because they were fed on human meat. For a cop-out, just do that, and tell our teacher it's a case of mistaken identity.


lol thanks but no thanks..and does anyone know the latin translation of 'fer ad'? and how to say wheat in latin?
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The1exile wrote:Which Diomedes?

The Horses of Diomedes are famous for being stupidly fast because they were fed on human meat. For a cop-out, just do that, and tell our teacher it's a case of mistaken identity.


Yeah, it would be funny to act like it's the Diomedes from Herakles.
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ParadiceCity9 wrote:OK so I do it from a Trojan perspective I guess? since we are on ch. 2 of the Aeneid and that's when they sacked Troy.


Yes, the Trojans didn't like him. He still killed scores of their men, it is just that noboby on the greek side cared about that.
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ParadiceCity9 wrote:
The1exile wrote:Which Diomedes?

The Horses of Diomedes are famous for being stupidly fast because they were fed on human meat. For a cop-out, just do that, and tell our teacher it's a case of mistaken identity.


lol thanks but no thanks..and does anyone know the latin translation of 'fer ad'? and how to say wheat in latin?


My latin is rusty but maybe "by iron" or "of iron". Would either of those make sense? I guess "to iron" might also make sense but it seems less likely.
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ParadiceCity9 wrote:Was there anything bad to say about Diomedes? I'm looking on Wikipedia and all of it points to him being a good guy in all situations...


Well I think the bold sums it up nicely.
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Diomedes is supposed to be the ideal greek warrior, the balance of brawn and brain, or something like that. I took mythology and we didn't talk a whole lot about him. But yeah, from the Greek perspective you could say he was totally awesome. Though the trojans obviously hated him for killing scores of their men.
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Lemme put it this way. He fought in the Trojan War, then never left home again for fear some god/goddess or other might get pissed off at him. He did steal the Palladium, but theoretically Athena was already mad at Troy, so it didn't much matter... although that's the best fit for a "Wanted" poster.

Wanted!
For theft of one rock!
Diomedes!
It's a special rock!
Really!
Reward: 1 dull spoon!
But it was a special rock!
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