DIOSPOLIS (anc. geog.), a city of the Delta, or Lower Egypt; to the south of the Bustrite branch, before it divides into two.—Another of Bithynia, in the territory of Heraclea.—A third, called Magna, denoting Thebæ of the Higher Egypt.—A fourth, Diospolis Parva, the metropolis of the Nomos Diospolitæ of the Higher Egypt.—A fifth, Diospolis of Samaria, the same with Lydda.—A sixth Diospolis, the ancient name of Laodicea of Phrygia on the Lycus.