Book 5:1-909
Diomedes' rampage; he wounds Aphrodite as she rescues Aeneas, then Ares himself.
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From The Iliad by Homer
Diomedes' moment of supreme battlefield prowess, in which he wounds even the gods Aphrodite and Ares with Athena's aid.
Book 6:119-236
Diomedes and Glaucus exchange armor and the famous simile: 'Like the generations of leaves, the lives of mortal men.'
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