Goddess

Dione

Διώνη

Overview

Divine figure associated in Homeric tradition with Zeus as mother of Aphrodite.

Titanic tradition

Alternative parentage for Aphrodite.

Unknown or primordial.

Beyond Antiquity

Dione still appears in the modern world through language, science, medicine, astronomy or culture.

Today: An icy moon of Saturn.

Dione takes its name from the Greek goddess Dione, an ancient divine figure sometimes associated with Zeus and Aphrodite.