# Diomede — Nicomachean Ethics character guide

> Diomede in Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0003-book-i

## Who they are

Greek hero in the Iliad, used as example of valor.

## Relationships

### [Hector](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nicomachean_ethics_se/characters/hector)

_rivalry_

Diomede and Hector are enemy warriors on opposite sides of the Trojan War.

### [Homer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nicomachean_ethics_se/characters/homer)

_professional_

Homer is the poet who includes Diomede as a character in the Iliad.

### [Glaucus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nicomachean_ethics_se/characters/glaucus)

_friendship_

In the Iliad, Diomede and Glaucus meet in battle but discover ancestral ties of hospitality, exchanging gifts as friends.

## In the story

### [The Several Moral Virtues and Vices](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nicomachean_ethics_se/chapters/the-several-moral-virtues-and-vices)

Mentioned alongside Hector as an example of political courage driven by honor.

### [Chapter VIII: The Varieties of Courage](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nicomachean_ethics_se/chapters/viii)

Cited as an example of political courage, acting out of a sense of honor and fear of disgrace.

### [Chapter IX: On Suffering Injustice and Doing Injustice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nicomachean_ethics_se/chapters/ix)

Referenced in Homer's exchange with Glaucus as the receiver in a transaction that does not constitute suffering injustice.

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