InGreek mythology,Diocles (Ancient Greek: ΔιοκλῆςDioklēs) may refer to:

• Diocles, king ofPherae as son of previous rulerOrsilochus. He was possibly the brother ofMedusa, wife ofPolybus ofCorinth^[1] andDorodoche, wife ofIcarius ofSparta.^[2] Diocles was the father of the twins Orsilochus andCrethon,^[3] and also ofAnticleia, the mother ofNicomachus andGorgasus byMachaon.^[4] These two grandsons succeeded him on the throne after his death.^[4] In theOdyssey,Telemachus andPeisistratus spent a night at his house on their way toSparta,^[5] as well as on their way back.^[6]
• Diocles orDioclus,^[7] king and one of the first priests ofDemeter, and one of the first to learn the secrets of theEleusinian Mysteries, along withTriptolemus andPolyxenus.^[8]
• Diocles, king ofMegara, who was overthrown byTheseus, as a result of which Eleusis was annexed from Megara.^[9] He may be identical with #2.

• 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.

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