Dione

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Dione is a figure in Greek mythology often regarded as a Titaness or early goddess associated with oracular power and sometimes identified as the mother of Aphrodite.

Aliases (1)


Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek mythological figure
Titaness
goddess
appearsIn Homeric tradition
Homer's Iliad
surface form: "Iliad"
associatedFunction healing
prophecy
associatedWith Aphrodite
Dodona
sanctuary of Dodona
surface form: "oracular oak of Dodona"

oracular power
classificationInSomeSources Oceanid
Titaness of the second generation
cosmicGeneration pre-Olympian deity
cultStatus local or specialized deity
culture Ancient Greek religion
epithetOrTitle early goddess
oracular goddess
gender female
hasChildInSomeTraditions Aphrodite
linkedToDeity Aphrodite
Zeus
literarySource Apollodorus of Athens
surface form: "Apollodorus"

Homer
Pausanias’ Description of Greece
surface form: "Pausanias"
mythology Greek mythology
nameEtymology feminine form of Zeus’s name (Dios)
nameLanguage Ancient Greek
possibleParent Gaia
Oceanus
Tethys
Uranus
religiousRole partner or counterpart of Zeus at Dodona
roleInIliad comforts the wounded Aphrodite
sometimesDescribedAs consort of Zeus
mother of Aphrodite
wife of Zeus
sometimesIdentifiedWith Hera
Rhea
a form of the Great Mother goddess
worshippedAlongside Zeus
surface form: "Zeus Naios"

sanctuary of Dodona
surface form: "Zeus at Dodona"
worshipPlace Epirus
sanctuary of Dodona

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dodona alsoDedicatedTo Dione
Dodona associatedDeity Dione
Zeus consort Dione
Hyades hasMember Dione
this entity surface form: "Dione (Hyad)"
Aphrodite parent Dione