Dione

Dione in Wikipedia

Dione, (Greek: Διώνη) pronounced /daɪˈoʊni/, in Greek mythology is a vague goddess presence who has her most concrete form in Book V of Homer's Iliad as the mother of Aphrodite. Aphrodite journeys to Dione's side after she has been wounded in battle while protecting her favorite son Aeneas. In this episode, Dione seems to be the equivalent of ...

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Dione in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

(Διώνη), a female Titan, a daughter of Oceanus and Tethys (Hesiod. Theog. 353), and, according to others, of Uranus and Ge, or of Aether and Ge. (Hygin. Fab. Praef.; Apollod. 1.1.3.) She was beloved by Zeus, by whom she became the mother of Aphrodite. (Apollod. 1.3. sec; i.; Hornm. Il. 5.370, &c.) When Aphrodite was wounded by Diomedes, Di...

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