Dia

Dīa, ae, f., Δῖα.

• The old name of the island of Naxos, Ov. M. 3, 690; 8, 174. —
• II A city in the Chersonesus Taurica, Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 86.—
• III An island near Crete, now Standia, id. 4, 12, 20, § 61.—
• • B A woman's name.
• I The mother of Mercury, Cic. N. D. 3, 22, 56.—
• II The wife of Ixion, and mother of Pirithous, Hyg. F. 155.

2. Dīa, ae, Akk. am, f. (Δία), I) eine Insel nahe der östl. Küste von Kreta, j. Standia, Plin. 4, 61. – II) alter Name der Insel Naxos, j. Naxia, Plin. 4, 67. Ov. met. 3, 690; 8, 174; art. am. 1, 528.

2 Dīa, (14) æ, f. (Δῖα), île de la mer de Crète : Plin. 4, 61 || lʼîle de Naxos : Ov. M. 3, 690 || ville de la Chersonèse Taurique : Plin. 4, 86 || femme dʼIxion et mère de Pirithoüs : Hyg. Fab. 155 || Dīa dea, f. , Cérès : CIL.

DIA

DIA(Δία), a small island which lies 40 stadia ( Stadiasm. ) from the Heracleium of Cnossus in Crete (Strab. 10. p. 484; Plin. Nat. 4.20); the modern Standia. (Map of Crete, Mus. Class. Antiq. vol. 2. p. 308.)

[E.B.J]

DIA

DIA(Δῖα: Eth. Διεύς), a town of Bithynia on the Pontus.(Steph. B. s. v. Δῖα.) Marcian ( Peripl. p. 70) places it 60 stadia east of the mouth of the Hypius, which river is between the Sangarius and Heraclea. The name in Marcian, Δίας πόλις, may be a mistake for Diospolis, which Ptolemy has (5.1). It seems probable that the Dia of Stephanus and this Diospolis are the same. There are some very rare coins with the epigraph Διας, which Sestini assigns to this place.

[G.L]

DIA

DIA[BOSPORUS,422a.]

Dia

(Δία). The daughter of Dioneus and wife of Ixion (q.v.), by whom (or, according to others, by Zeus) she became the mother of Pirithoüs (q.v.).

Dia

(Δία). The ancient name of Naxos (q.v.).