Dives
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Dives may refer to:
- Dives, OiseDives, OiseDives is a small village in northern France. It is designated municipally as a commune within the département of Oise....
, a French commune of the Oise département - Dives RiverDives RiverThe Dives is a 105 km long river in the Pays d'Auge, Normandie, France. It flows into the English Channel in Cabourg.The source of the Dives is near Exmes, in the Orne department...
, a river in Normandy - Dives-sur-MerDives-sur-Mer-Transport:Dives-sur-Mer is on the line from Deauville to Dives-sur-Mer. The station is open, train services operate year round at weekends as well as on week days during the summer season. Dives is also on line #20 of the Calvados bus company Bus Verts du Calvados....
, a commune in Normandy - Dis PaterDis PaterDis Pater, or Dispater was a Roman god of the underworld, later subsumed by Pluto or Hades. Originally a chthonic god of riches, fertile agricultural land, and underground mineral wealth, he was later commonly equated with the Roman deities Pluto and Orcus, becoming an underworld deity.Dis Pater...
, Roman god of the underworld, contracted from Dives Pater ("Father of Riches") - Dives, 'The rich man' in the parable Lazarus and DivesLazarus and DivesThe Parable of the rich man and Lazarus is a well known parable of Jesus which appears in one of the Four Gospels of the New Testament....
- Marcus Licinius Crassus (c. 115-53 BC), a leading Roman politician in his day, was known in Rome as Dives, meaning "The Rich" or "Moneybags"
- Dives (bird)Dives (bird)Dives is a genus of Neotropical birds in the family Icteridae. It contains three species:* Cuban Blackbird, Dives atroviolacea* Melodious Blackbird, Dives dives* Scrub Blackbird, Dives warszewiczi...
, a genus of New World blackbirds - Chrysophylax Dives, "Goldward the Rich," the dragon in Farmer Giles of Ham
- Lewis Dives
- SU DivesSU DivesSport Union Divaise is a French association football club founded in 1929. They are based in the town of Dives-sur-Mer and their home stadium is the Stade André Heurtematte. As of the 2009–10 season, they play in the Championnat de France amateur 2 Group H.-External links:*...
, a French association football club founded in 1929