It was on the way to find them that the encounter with Admetus and his wife Alcestis took place in Thessaly.
It was on the way to find them that the encounter with Admetus and his wife Alcestis took place in Thessaly. Though eventually released into the wilds of Tyrins, [*] by that time they had already claimed the life of the hero's young friend Abderus. Their abductor had to defeat a whole army of Bistonians when unfastening these prizes from the iron chains and halters used to keep them attached to a bronze trough. This attracted lots of attention, but in the end they were tamed after being fed their former master. FTP identify the object of Heracles' eighth labor, four man-eating horses named for a King who shares his name with a great Greek warrior and friend of Odysseus.
It was on the way to find them that the encounter with Admetus and his wife Alcestis took place in Thessaly.
the {Mares of Diomedes} (prompt on Hercules’ Eighth Labor)