Diocles (mythology)
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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 Corinth[1] and Dorodoche, wife of Icarius of Sparta.[2] Diocles was the father of the twins Orsilochus and Crethon,[3] and also of Anticleia, the mother of Nicomachus and Gorgasus by Machaon.[4] These two grandsons succeeded him on the throne after his death.[4] In the Odyssey, Telemachus and Peisistratus spent a night at his house on their way to Sparta,[5] as well as on their way back.[6]
- Diocles or Dioclus,[7] 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.[8]
- Diocles, king of Megara, who was overthrown by Theseus, as a result of which Eleusis was annexed from Megara.[9] He may be identical to the previous Diocles on this list.
