Dia (mythology)

Summary

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 edit

  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, Odyssey 10.6
  4. ^ Scholia on Homer, Iliad 2.212
  5. ^ Tzetzes, Chiliades 7.888
  6. ^ Tzetzes on Lycophron, 480
  7. ^ Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, 1.1213
  8. ^ Etymologicum Magnum 288.33 (under Dryops)
  9. ^ Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, 2.140
  10. ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 155
  11. ^ Diodorus Siculus, 4.69
  12. ^ Scholia ad Apollonius of Rhodes, 3.62
  13. ^ Scholia ad Pindar, Pythian Ode 2.39
  14. ^ Homer, Iliad 14.317
  15. ^ Scholia on Homer, Iliad 1.268
  16. ^ Scholia on Homer, Odyssey 11.631
  17. ^ Eustathius on Homer, 101.3
  18. ^ Nonnus, 7.125
  19. ^ Robert Graves, The Greek Myths 1960 §63a
  20. ^ "Planetary Names". planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  21. ^ Scholia on Hesiod, Shield of Heracles 178
  22. ^ Scholia ad Pindar, Olympian Ode 1.144

References edit

  • Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather. Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
  • Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888-1890. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
  • 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.
  • John Tzetzes, Book of Histories, Book VII-VIII translated by Vasiliki Dogani from the original Greek of T. Kiessling's edition of 1826. Online version at theio.com
  • Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca translated by William Henry Denham Rouse (1863-1950), from the Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1940. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
  • Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca. 3 Vols. W.H.D. Rouse. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1940-1942. 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.
  • 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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