. ers; buthe then set it free again. The bull now 398 HERACLES roamed through Greece, and at last came toMarathon, where we meet it again in the storiesof Theseus. (Apollod. ii. 5, 7; Paus. v. 10, 9 ; VII. Heracles and Bull. (From a bas-relief in theVatican.) Diod. iv. 13.)—8. Capture of the mares of theThracian Diomedes. This Diomedes, king ofthe Bistones in Thrace, fed his horses withhuman flesh. Eurystheus ordered Heracles tobring these animals to Mycenae. With a fewcompanions, he seized the animals, and con-ducted them to the sea
. ers; buthe then set it free again. The bull now 398 HERACLES roamed through Greece, and at last came toMarathon, where we meet it again in the storiesof Theseus. (Apollod. ii. 5, 7; Paus. v. 10, 9 ; VII. Heracles and Bull. (From a bas-relief in theVatican.) Diod. iv. 13.)—8. Capture of the mares of theThracian Diomedes. This Diomedes, king ofthe Bistones in Thrace, fed his horses withhuman flesh. Eurystheus ordered Heracles tobring these animals to Mycenae. With a fewcompanions, he seized the animals, and con-ducted them to the sea coast. But here hewas overtaken by the Bistones. During thefight he entrusted the mares to his friend Ab-derus, who was devoured by them. Heraclesdefeated the Bistones, killed Diomedes, whosebody he threw before the mares, built the townof Abdera in honour of his unfortunate friend,and then returned to Mycenae with the mares,which had become tame after eating the fleshof their master. The mares were afterwardsset free, and were destroyed on Mt. Olympus by. VIII. Heracles and Horses of Diomedes. (From trieMuseo Borbonico.) wild beasts. (Eur. Ale. 483, 493; H. F. 380;Diod. iv. 15; Apollod. ii. 5, 8.)—9. Seizure ofthe girdle of the queen of the , the queen of the Amazons, possesseda girdle, which she had received from , the daughter of Eurystheus, wished toobtain this girdle; and Heracles was thereforesent to fetch it. He was accompanied by anumber of volunteers, and after various adven-tures in Europe and Asia, lie at length reachedthe country of the Amazons. Hippolyte at first received him kindly, and promised him hergirdle; but Hera having excited the Amazonsagainst him, a contest ensued, in whichHeracles killed their queen. He then tookher girdle, and carried it with him. In thisexpedition Heracles killed the two sons ofBoreas, Calais and Zetes; and he also begotthree sons by Echidna, in the country of theHyperboreans. On his way home he landed
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