Dione

Goddess

In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Dione (; Ancient Greek: Διώνη, romanized: Diṓnē, lit. 'she-Zeus') is an oracular goddess and Titaness. She is primarily known from Book V of Homer's Iliad, where she tends to the wounds suffered by her daughter Aphrodite.

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Dione. Intérieur du Musée
Intérieur du Musée · Jules BernardImage source CC0

Mentions in the Iliad

A. T. Murray, Loeb Classical Library, Harvard University Press, 1924 · Homer, Iliad with an English Translation · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

“but fair Aphrodite flung herself upon the knees of her mother Dione. She clasped her daughter in her arms, and stroked her with her hand and spake to her, saying: Who now of the sons of heaven, dear child, hath entreated thee thus wantonly, as though thou wert working some evil before the face of all?”
Il. 5.370–374
“nay, the Danaans now fight even with the immortals. To her then made answer Dione, the fair goddess: Be of good heart, my child, and endure for all thy suffering; for full many of us that have dwellings on Olympus have suffered at the hands of men, in bringing grievous woes one upon the other.”
Il. 5.380–384

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Sister through mother · Sources
Sister through mother · Sources

Братство или сестринство выведено из общего родителя: Тефида, Океан. Матери и отцы, не указанные в источнике, не предполагаются. Квалификация братства/сестринства: Отдельный внешний источник: Общая мать подтверждена; сведения об отцах неполны. Различие отцов не установлено. Общие родители: Тефида.

Hesiod, Theogony (H. G. Evelyn-White) · Hesiod, Theogony 346–370
even she that saved me when pain was come upon me after I had fallen afar through the will of my shameless mother, that was fain to hide me away by reason of my lameness. Then had I suffered woes in heart, had not Eurynome and Thetis received me into their bosom—Eurynome, daughter of backward-flowing Oceanus.
Il. 18.398–399

Il. 18.398–399

Sister · Sources
Sister · Sources

Братство или сестринство выведено из общего родителя: Тефида, Океан. Матери и отцы, не указанные в источнике, не предполагаются. Квалификация братства/сестринства: Отдельный внешний источник: Общие отец и мать подтверждены. Общие родители: Тефида, Океан.

Hesiod, Theogony (H. G. Evelyn-White) · Hesiod, Theogony 346–370

Daughter · Sources
Daughter · Sources
but fair Aphrodite flung herself upon the knees of her mother Dione. She clasped her daughter in her arms, and stroked her with her hand and spake to her, saying: Who now of the sons of heaven, dear child, hath entreated thee thus wantonly, as though thou wert working some evil before the face of all?
Il. 5.370–371
nay, the Danaans now fight even with the immortals. To her then made answer Dione, the fair goddess: Be of good heart, my child, and endure for all thy suffering; for full many of us that have dwellings on Olympus have suffered at the hands of men, in bringing grievous woes one upon the other.
Il. 5.381–382

Il. 5.370–371 · Il. 5.381–382

In art

Jules Bernard. Intérieur du Musée by Jules Bernard. Museum of Grenoble. CC0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137674896

Sources and verification

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