Dione (mythology)
Multiple figures in Greek myth, including a goddess at Dodona.
Dione is a name borne by several figures in Greek mythology, most notably a goddess worshipped at Dodona. She is described as an Oceanid, daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, or as a Titaness, daughter of Gaia and Uranus. Dione is often said to be the mother of Aphrodite by Zeus, and the name is sometimes used as an epithet of Aphrodite herself.
Quick Facts
- Parents (as oceanid)
- Oceanus and Tethys
- Parents (as titaness)
- Gaia and Uranus
- Offspring
- Aphrodite (by Zeus)
- Cult center
- Dodona
- Other identities
- Hyades nymph
- Nereid
- daughter of Atlas
- wife of Tantalus
- Baaltis
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