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| Jul 19, 2017 at 22:05 | comment | added | Brian Donovan | I would add that Diomedes survives to bear eloquent witness to the stupidity and futility of war, as does Odysseus if only by his weeping at Demodocus's songs, and Achilles in the underworld (in Odyssey 11). When (in the Aeneid) the Latins seek Diomedes' military support against the Trojans, he refuses them, having warred against Troy more than enough for any lifetime. He is also the Other Guy in the love-tragedy of Troilus and Cressida, as developed by Boccaccio, Chaucer, and Shakespeare. | |
| Jul 18, 2017 at 19:15 | history | answered | DukeZhou | CC BY-SA 3.0 |