What is "diocles"

Diocles may refer to:

• Diocles (mathematician) (c. 240 BC – c. 180 BC), Greek mathematician and geometer
• Diocles (mythology), one of the first priests of Demeter
• Diocles of Carystus, also known as Diocles Medicus, 4th century BC Greek physician
• Diocles of Cnidus, Greek philosopher who wrote a work quoted by Eusebius
• Diocles of Corinth, winner of the stadion race of the 13th Olympic Games in 728 BC
• Diocles of Magnesia, Greek writer on ancient philosophers quoted many times by Diogenes Laertius
• Diocles of Messenia, winner of the stadion race of the 7th Olympic Games in 752 BC
• Diocles of Peparethus, Greek historian in the 3rd century BC
• Diocles of Syracuse (fl. 413–408 BC), Greek lawgiver in the city-state of Syracuse
• Diocletian (244–311), Roman emperor formerly named Diocles
• Gaius Appuleius Diocles, Roman charioteer

Diocles (; c. 240 BC – c. 180 BC) was a Greek mathematician and geometer.

In Greek mythology, Diocles ( Dioklēs) may refer to:

• Diocles of Pherae, son of Orsilochus, father of the twins Orsilochus and Crethon, and also of Anticleia, the mother of Nicomachus and Gorgasus by Machaon. In the Odyssey, Telemachus and Peisistratus spent a night at his house on their way to Sparta, as well as on their way back.
• Diocles the king, 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.
• Diocles of Megara, to where he fled from Athens. He was known for his love of boys, and was killed in a battle as he was covering his loved one with his own shield. The people of Megara buried Diocles and honored him as a hero, and held a kissing contest dedicated to him.
• Diocles, king of Megara, who was overthrown by Theseus, as a result of which Eleusis was annexed from Megara. He may be identical with #2 or #3.