FfeshWing horses
Preserved but no longer current.
The horses of Diomed, tyrant of Thrace (not Diomede, son of Tydeus) who fed his horses on the strangers who visited his kingdom. Hercules vanquished the tyrant, and gave the carcass to the horses to eat. Like to the Thracian tyrant who, they say, Unto his horses gave his guests for meat, Till he himself was made their greedy prey, And torn in pieces by Alcides great.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “FfeshWing horses” mean?
The horses of Diomed, tyrant of Thrace (not Diomede, son of Tydeus) who fed his horses on the strangers who visited his kingdom. Hercules vanquished the tyrant, and gave the carcass to the horses to eat. Like to the Thracian tyrant who, they say, Unto his horses gave his guests for meat, Till he himself was made their greedy prey, And torn in pieces by Alcides great.
Is “FfeshWing horses” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.