Dione | |
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Goddess of the Oracle of Dodona | |
Genealogy | |
Parents | Uranus and Gaia or Aether and Gaia or Oceanus and Tethys |
Siblings | Oceanids and Potamoi or |
Consort | Zeus |
Children | Aphrodite |
Equivalents | |
Canaanite equivalent | Ba'alat Gebal[1] |
Mesopotamian equivalent | Antu[2] |
In ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology, Dione (/daɪˈoʊniː/; Greek: Διώνη, translit. Diṓnē, lit. "she-Zeus") is an oracular goddess, a Titaness[3] primarily known from Book V of Homer's Iliad, where she tends to the wounds suffered by her daughter Aphrodite. Dione is presented as either an Oceanid, daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, or the thirteenth Titan, daughter of Gaia and Uranus.
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