 In Homer's "Iliad" Diomedes is regarded alongside Ajax the Great and Agamemnon after Achilles as one of the best warriors of all the Achaeans in prowess (which is especially made clear in Book 7 of the "Iliad" when Ajax the Greater, Diomedes, and Agamemnon are the most wished for by the Achaeans to fight Hector out of nine volunteers, who included Odysseus and Ajax the Lesser).Later, he founded ten or more Italian cities.After his death, Diomedes was worshipped as a divine being under various names in Italy as well as Greece.