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  • Thus the flood is said to have taken place "in the month Dius, which is called by the Hebrews Marheshwan."

    Josephus Norman Bentwich 1927

  • Thus the flood is said to have taken place “in the month Dius, which is called by the Hebrews Marheshwan.”

    Josephus Bentwich, Norman 1914

  • Dius, which is to be understood also of the sun, must be derived from dih, a hawk.

    The Ruins, or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires and the Law of Nature 1788

  • Steph Gray from Dius has already begun thinking about what this “poor soul” should do first and with uservoice has begun voting on just that ...

    What should the Director of Digital Engagement do? at Helpful Technology 2009

  • Euphemus, Epiphrades and Melanopus who had sons Dius and Apelles.

    Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica 2007

  • Dius by Pycimede, the daughter of Apollo had two sons Hesiod and

    Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica 2007

  • The Phoenician script reached its completed form around 1200 B.C.E. Though some inscriptions exist, little Phoenician literature survives, mainly a few translated fragments of the historian Dius and the philosopher Sanchuniathon.

    b. Economy, Technology, Society, and Culture 2001

  • As if to demonstrate this, the Muse named Melete — “my” Muse — raises her palms and fires a coherent beam of energy earthward, striking a Trojan foot soldier named Dius, who should be alive to be bossed around in Book 24 according to Homer, but who dies this day in a flash of flame and a whirlwind of smoke and heat.

    Ilium Simmons, Dan 1981

  • Eupolemus and Dius, as quoted by Eusebius and Grotius, mention many remarkable circumstances of David and Solomon, agreeing with the Old Testament story.

    Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life

  • 'Hesiod, son of Dius, I am willing to tell you what you command, and very readily will I answer you.

    Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica Hesiod

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