Editing Dictys

{{Short description|Name in Greek mythology}}
{{about|the Greek name "Δίκτυς" in mythology|the pretended historian of the Trojan War|Dictys Cretensis|the model organism soil amoeba|Dictyostelium discoideum}}
'''Dictys''' ({{langx|grc|Δίκτυς}}, ''Díktus'') was a name attributed to four men in [[Greek mythology]].

* {{Anchor|Son of Magnes}} Dictys, a [[fisherman]]<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#63 63]</ref> and brother of King [[Polydectes]] of [[Seriphos]], both being the sons of [[Magnes (mythology)|Magnes]] and a [[Naiad]],<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], 1.9.6</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Gantz|first=Timothy|title=Early Greek Myth: A Guide to Literary and Ancient Sources|publisher=[[Johns Hopkins University Press]]|year=1993|isbn=0-8018-4410-X|location=London|pages=167}}</ref> or of [[Peristhenes]] and [[Androthoe]],<ref name="Sch. Ap. Rhod. 4. 1091">[[Scholia]] on [[Apollonius Rhodius]], 4.1091</ref> or else of [[Poseidon]] and [[Cerebia]].<ref>[[Tzetzes]] on [[Lycophron]], 838</ref> He discovered [[Danaë]] and [[Perseus]] inside a chest that had been washed up on shore (or was caught in his fishing net). He treated them well and raised Perseus as his own son. After Perseus killed [[Medusa (mythology)|Medusa]], rescued [[Andromeda (mythology)|Andromeda]], and later showed Medusa's head to Polydectes turning him and the nobles with him to stone, he made Dictys king.<ref name="Sch. Ap. Rhod. 4. 1091" /><ref>Apollodorus, 2.4.1–3</ref> Dictys and his wife, [[Clymene (mythology)|Clymene]], had an altar within a sacred precinct of Perseus in [[Athens]].<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], 2.18.1</ref>
* Dictys, one of the sailors who tried to abduct [[Dionysus]] but was turned into a dolphin by the god.<ref>Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#134 134]</ref>
* Dictys, a centaur who attended [[Pirithous]]' wedding and battled against the [[Lapiths]]. While fleeing [[Pirithous]], he slipped and fell off of a cliff. He was impaled on the top of an ash tree and died.<ref>[[Ovid]], ''[[Metamorphoses]]'' [http://www.theoi.com/Text/OvidMetamorphoses12.html 12.327]</ref>
* Dictys, the [[Ancient Elis|Elean]] son of [[Poseidon]] and [[Agamede]], daughter of [[Augeas]]. He was the brother of [[Actor (mythology)|Actor]] and [[Belus (mythology)|Belus]].<ref>Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#157 157]</ref>
* ''Dictys'' is also the title of a lost play by [[Euripides]], which survives in fragmentary form.

== Notes ==
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== References ==

* [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. {{ISBN|0-674-99135-4}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
* [[Gaius Julius Hyginus]], ''Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus'' translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. [https://topostext.org/work/206 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* [[Pausanias (geographer)|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. {{ISBN|0-674-99328-4}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]
* Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.  [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Ovid|Publius Ovidius Naso]], ''Metamorphoses'' translated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0028 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
* Publius Ovidius Naso, ''Metamorphoses.'' Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0029 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library].

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