Dius

In Greek mythology, the name Dius (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]

References

1. Homer, Iliad, 24. 251
2. Hyginus, Fabulae, 90
3. Pausanias, Description of Greece, 5. 4. 1
4. Harpocration & Suda s. v. Melitē
5. Stephanus of Byzantium s. v. Anthedōn
6. Strabo, Geography, 6. 1. 15
7. Scholia on Iliad, 2. 538