# Dius

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In [Greek mythology](/source/Greek_mythology) and history, the name '''Dius''' ([Ancient Greek](/source/Ancient_Greek): Δῖος, ''Dios'', "divine") may refer to the following:

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

== History ==
*[Dius](/source/Dius_(historian)), ancient historian of Phoenicia cited by Josephus
*[Dios](/source/Dios_(philosopher)) (7th century BC?), Pythagorean philosopher

==Notes==
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== References ==

* [Gaius Julius Hyginus](/source/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](/source/Homer), [''The Iliad''](/source/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](/source/Pausanias_(geographer)), ''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](/source/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](/source/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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Category:Princes in Greek mythology
Category:Children of Priam
Category:Trojans
Category:Children of Apollo

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