{{Short description|Set of mythological Greek characters}} {{For|the government department|DIUS}} In Greek mythology and history, the name '''Dius''' (Ancient Greek: Δῖος, ''Dios'', "divine") may refer to the following:

== Mythology == *Dius, possible name for the man of Metapontum to whom Melanippe, mother-to-be of Aeolus and Boeotus by Poseidon, was handed over.<ref>Strabo, 6.1.15</ref> *Dius, son of Anthas and father of Anthedon.<ref>Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. ''Anthedōn''</ref> *Dius, a son of Apollo and possible father of Melite.<ref>Harpocration & Suda s.v. ''Melitē''</ref> *Dius, son of Pandorus and eponym of the city Dion in Euboea.<ref>Scholia on Homer, ''Iliad'' 2.538</ref> *Dius, a son of Priam. He fell in the Trojan War.<ref>Homer, ''Iliad'' 24.251</ref><ref>Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' 90</ref> *Dius, a Dorian leader who rivaled with Oxylus over the land of Elis, and eventually was beaten.<ref>Pausanias, 5.4.1</ref>

== History == *Dius, ancient historian of Phoenicia cited by Josephus *Dios (7th century BC?), Pythagorean philosopher

==Notes== {{reflist}}

== References ==

* Gaius Julius Hyginus, ''Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus'' translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. [https://topostext.org/work/206 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. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0134 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] * Homer, ''Homeri Opera'' in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0133 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. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+1.1.1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library] * Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 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. [https://topostext.org/work/241 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. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0198%3Abook%3D6%3Achapter%3D1%3Asection%3D1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] * Strabo, ''Geographica'' edited by A. Meineke. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0197 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.]

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