place
Ismarus
A mountain of Thrace, marking the land of Tereus and of Diomedes.
Reading notes
- Hercules on Oeta §173 the Ismarian shade
Ismarus, a mountain of Thrace, marking the Thracian setting of the Tereus-Procne myth.
- Hercules on Oeta §1789 the bloody Thracian's Ismarian herd
The man-eating mares of Diomedes the Thracian, near Ismarus, destroyed by Hercules.