Dius
In Greek mythology, the name Dius (Ancient Greek: Δῖος "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]
Notes
- Homer, Iliad 24.251
- Hyginus, Fabulae 90
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 5.4.1
- Harpocration & Suda s. v. Melitē
- Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica s.v. Anthedōn
- Strabo, Geographica 6.1.15
- 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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