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Dives, Oise Dives () is a commune in the Oise department in northern France. See also * Communes of the Oise department The following is a list of the 679 communes of the Oise department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunal ...
, a French commune of the Oise département *
Dives (river) The Dives (; also ''Dive'') is a 105 km long river in the Pays d'Auge, Normandy, France. It flows into the English Channel in Cabourg. The source of the Dives is near Exmes, in the Orne department. The Dives flows generally north through th ...
, a river in Normandy *
Dives-sur-Mer Dives-sur-Mer (, literally ''Dives on Sea''; nrf, Dives sus Mé) is a commune in the Calvados department in Normandy in northwestern France. History It was from harbour of Dives-sur-Mer that William the Conqueror set out on the Norman Conquest o ...
, a commune in Normandy * ''Dives'' (bird), a genus of New World blackbirds *
Dis Pater Dis, DIS or variants may refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * ''Dis'' (album), by Jan Garbarek, 1976 * ''Dís'', a soundtrack album by Jóhann Jóhannsson, 2004 * "Dis", a song by The Gazette from the 2003 album '' Hankou Seimeibun'' * "dis ...
, Roman god of the underworld, contracted from ''Dives Pater'' ("Father of Riches") * Dives, 'the rich man' in the parable of the
rich man and Lazarus The rich man and Lazarus (also called the parable of Dives and Lazarus or Lazarus and Dives) is a parable of Jesus from the 16th chapter of the Gospel of Luke. Speaking to his disciples and some Pharisees, Jesus tells of an unnamed rich man an ...
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Marcus Licinius Crassus Marcus Licinius Crassus (; 115 – 53 BC) was a Roman general and statesman who played a key role in the transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire. He is often called "the richest man in Rome." Wallechinsky, David & Wallace, I ...
(c. 115–53 BC), a Roman politician, who was known as ''Dives'', meaning "The Rich" or "Moneybags" *
Chrysophylax Dives ''Farmer Giles of Ham'' is a comic medieval fable written by J. R. R. Tolkien in 1937 and published in 1949. The story describes the encounters between Farmer Giles and a wily dragon named Chrysophylax, and how Giles manages to use these to ...
, "Goldward the Rich," the dragon in ''Farmer Giles of Ham'' *
Lewis Dives Sir Lewis Dyve (1599–1669) was an English Member of Parliament and a Royalist adherent during the English Civil War. His surname is sometimes also spelt Dive or Dives. Life Dyve was born on 3 November 1599.SU Dives Sport Union Dives-Cabourg is a French association football club. They were founded in 1929 as Sport Union Divaise. They are based in the town of Dives-sur-Mer and their home stadium is the Stade André Heurtematte. In May 2016 they merged with ne ...
, a French association football club founded in 1929


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