Dia_(mythology)

Dia (mythology)

Dia (mythology)

Set index of Greek mythological figures named Dia


Dia (Ancient Greek: Δία or Δῖα, "heavenly", "divine" or "she who belongs to Zeus"), in ancient Greek religion and folklore, may refer to:

In ancient Roman religion, Dia may refer to Dea Dia.


Notes

  1. Strabo, 8.6.24, cf. Pausanias, 2.13.3 for Ganymeda
  2. "Only another name for Hebe, the daughter of Hera", according to Karl Kerenyi (The Gods of the Greeks, 1951, p.159), who adds "and indeed was probably the name for Hera herself, as 'she who belongs to Zeus' or 'the heavenly one'—for this is the meaning of the word."
  3. Scholia on Homer, Iliad 2.212
  4. Tzetzes, Chiliades 7.888
  5. Tzetzes on Lycophron, 480
  6. Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, 1.1213
  7. Etymologicum Magnum 288.33 (under Dryops)
  8. Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, 2.140
  9. Hyginus, Fabulae 155
  10. Scholia ad Apollonius of Rhodes, 3.62
  11. Scholia ad Pindar, Pythian Ode 2.39
  12. Homer, Iliad 14.317
  13. Scholia on Homer, Iliad 1.268
  14. Scholia on Homer, Odyssey 11.631
  15. Eustathius on Homer, 101.3
  16. Nonnus, 7.125
  17. Robert Graves, The Greek Myths 1960 §63a
  18. "Planetary Names". planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  19. Scholia ad Pindar, Olympian Ode 1.144

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