Diomed

Book 5
The Greek warrior Diomed fights with might and main in book 5 of the Iliad. These are some of his exploits. He kills Pandarus, whose arrow wounded Menelaus, and started this latest round of fighting, wounds Aeneas. Diomed also wounds and drives from the field Aphrodite and Ares, Hera and Athene enter the fight to help the Greeks (Argives) the Greeks hold their line.