In Greek mythology, Diocles (Ancient Greek: Διοκλῆς Dioklēs) may refer to:
Diocles, king of Pherae as son of previous ruler Orsilochus. He was possibly the brother of Medusa, wife of Polybus of CorinthScholia ad Sophocles, Oedipus Rex 775 and Dorodoche, wife of Icarius of Sparta.Scholia ad Homer, Odyssey 15.16 Diocles was the father of the twins Orsilochus and Crethon,Homer, Iliad 5.541–550 ff. and also of Anticleia, the mother of Nicomachus and Gorgasus by Machaon.Pausanias, 4.30.3 These two grandsons succeeded him on the throne after his death. In the Odyssey, Telemachus and Peisistratus spent a night at his house on their way to Sparta,Homer, Odyssey 3.488 as well as on their way back.Homer, Odyssey 15.186 Diocles or Dioclus,Homeric Hymn to Demeter 2.153 king and one of the first priests of Demeter, and one of the first to learn the secrets of the Eleusinian Mysteries, along with Triptolemus and Polyxenus.Homeric Hymn to Demeter 2.475 Diocles, king of Megara, who was overthrown by Theseus, as a result of which Eleusis was annexed from Megara.Plutarch, Theseus 10.3 He may be identical to the previous Diocles on this list.
Notes
References
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. Homer, The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website. Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus, Lives with an English Translation by Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. 1. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website. 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. The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Homeric Hymns. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.