\paperw2700 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 \b \cf15 \ATXht10408 Diomedes\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 , the son of \b \cf15 \ATXht4 Ares\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 and Pelopeia, was the ruler of the B
istones, a people who lived in Thrace. He possessed four mares that he fed on human flesh, but \b \cf15 \ATXht10811 Heracles\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 , on \b \cf15 \ATXht10520 Eurystheus\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 ' orders, succeeded in capturing them. Taking them to the se
ashore, he was surrounded by the Bistones. While engaged in battle, he entrusted the mares to his friend Abderus, whom they dragged away and tore to pieces. Heracles defeated the Bistones and killed Diomedes. He fed Diomedes' body to the mares, which imm
ediately grew docile. When he took them to \b \cf15 \ATXht10520 Eurystheus\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 , the king set them free and they were later devoured by the wild beasts of \b \cf15 \ATXht11507 Mount Olympus\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 .
