TYDEUS, king of Calydon, was a descendent of Meleagre, who had hunted the boar with Atalanta. As brother-in-law to Adrastus, he joined in the war against Thebes. Before they reached the city, fifty Thebans ambushed them, but Tydeus and his men slew all the Thebans except Maeon, whom they sent back to the city to give Eteocles the news (Thebaid II.682-703; Roman de Thèbes 1479-1794).

Tydeus is slain at Thebes, Anel 57. Diomede is his son, Tr V.88, 803, 932. Tydeus appears in Cassandra's summary of the Theban War, Tr V.1480-1515. [Adrastus: Amphiorax: Campaneus: Ethiocles: Hemonydes: Parthonope: Polymyte]

The name appears once initially, Tr V.1514; seven times in medial positions, Tr V.88, 932, 1485, 1493, 1501, 1514, 1746; and three times in final rhyming position, Anel 57; Tr. V.803, 1408.