Dione (mythology)
Dione in Greek mythology is the goddess considered to be the mother of Aphrodite.
This name comes from Book V of Homer's Iliad; Aphrodite journeyed to Dione's side after she is wounded in battle while protecting her favorite and son Aeneas. In this episode, Dione seems to be the equivalent of Rhea the Earth Mother, whom Homer also placed in Olympus. After the Iliad, Aphrodite herself was referred to as "Dione" because the name literally meant "the goddess" and was an etymological equivalent of "Diana".
Although Dione is not a Titan in Hesiod, Apollodorus includes her. At the oracle of Zeus at Dodona, Dione rather than Hera was considered Zeus's wife.
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