A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

(Δηΐων).

1. A son of Aeolus and Enarete, was king in Phocis and husband of Diomede, by whom he became the father of Asteropeia, Aenetus, Actor, Phylacus, and Cephalus. (Apollod. 1.7.3, 9.4.) After the death of his brother, Salmoneus, he took his daughter Tyro into his house, and gave her in marriage to Cretheus. His name occurs also in the form Deioneus. (Eustath. ad Hom. p. 1685.)