The Mares of Diomedes were cannibalistic that is to say they feed on human flesh.
Herakles[]
For Herakles' eight labor he was to capture the man eating mares which not only did he do but he fed their owner to them.
Gallery[]
Mares of Diomedes
Diomedes body being eaten by his own horses (Herakles fed it to them)
Coin depicting the Mares of Diomedes which Herakles was sent to capture for his eighth labor
