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[538] δῖον γένος seems to mean child of Zeus, “Δίιον”, as Eust. explains it, and so = “Διὸς κούρη” above. The same title is given to Bacchos in Hymn. i. 2. This, however, does not explain Hesiod 's application of it to his bad brother, Hesiod Opp. 299.Others take it to mean the boar, a creature of the gods. But the order of the words and the use of “δῖον” are against this. Düntzer would read “θεῖον γένος”, which is applied to the Chimaira in 6.180.

The Iliad, edited, with apparatus criticus, prolegomena, notes, and appendices. Walter Leaf. London. Macmillan. 1900.

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