Dius

In Greek mythology, the name Dius (Ancient Greek: Δῖος, Dios, "divine") may refer to:

  • Dius, a son of Priam. He fell in the Trojan War.[1][2]
  • Dius, a Dorian leader who rivaled with Oxylus over the land of Elis, and eventually was beaten.[3]
  • Dius, a son of Apollo and possible father of Melite.[4]
  • Dius, son of Anthas and father of Anthedon.[5]
  • Dius, possible name for the man of Metapontum to whom Melanippe, mother-to-be of Aeolus and Boeotus by Poseidon, was handed over.[6]
  • Dius, son of Pandorus and eponym of the city Dion in Euboea.[7]
  • Dius, ancient historian of Phoenicia cited by Josephus
  • Dios (7th century BC?), Pythagorean philosopher

Notes

  1. ^ Homer, Iliad 24.251
  2. ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 90
  3. ^ Pausanias, 5.4.1
  4. ^ Harpocration & Suda s.v. Melitē
  5. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Anthedōn
  6. ^ Strabo, 6.1.15
  7. ^ Scholia on Homer, Iliad 2.538

References

  • Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
  • Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
  • Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
  • Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
  • Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
  • Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
  • Strabo, The Geography of Strabo. Edition by H.L. Jones. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
  • Strabo, Geographica edited by A. Meineke. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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