mythologyofthepoetandthemuse: “The sons of the Achaeans shouted applause at the words of Diom

“The sons of the Achaeans shouted applause at the words of Diomedes, and presently Nestor rose to speak. ‘Son of Tydeus,’ said he, ‘in war your prowess is beyond question, and in council you excel all who are of your own years; no one of the Achaeans can make light of what you say nor gainsay it, but you have not yet come to the end of the whole matter. You are still young- you might be the youngest of my own children—still you have spoken wisely and have counselled the chief of the Achaeans not without discretion;’”
Homer, The Iliad.

Diomedes, a hero worshipped like god.
Painting: Diomede fugge nasconendo il palladio (Diomedes escapes hiding the palladium) by Vincenzo Giacomelli, 1839. Galleria dell’Accademia, Venice.