(Δῖος), the author of a history of the Phoenicians, of which a fragment concerning Solomon and Hiram is preserved in Josephus. (c. Apion. 1.17.) There was also a Pythagorean philosopher Dius, who wrote a work περὶ καλλονῆς, of which two fragments are preserved in Stobaeus. (Tit. 65.16, 17.)
[L.S]A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology
Smith, William
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890