Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The Greek goddess of love sometimes takes the name Dione: this may identify her with Aphrodite, though Homer calls Dione the mother of Aphrodite. Károly Kerényi notes in this context that the name Dione resembles the Latin name Diana, and is a feminine form of the name Zeus (cf Latin deus, god), hence meaning "goddess of the bright sky". [3]
In ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology, Dione (/ d aɪ ˈ oʊ n iː /; Ancient Greek: Διώνη, romanized: Diṓnē, lit. 'she-Zeus') is an oracular goddess , a Titaness [ 1 ] primarily known from Book V of Homer 's Iliad , where she tends to the wounds suffered by her daughter Aphrodite .
In Greek mythology, Dion (/ ˈ d aɪ ɒ n, ən /; Ancient Greek: Δίων) was a King in Laconia and husband of Amphithea, the daughter of Pronax. [1] By his wife, he became the father of Orphe, Lyco, and Carya.
Fragment of a Hellenistic relief (1st century BC–1st century AD) depicting the twelve Olympians carrying their attributes in procession; from left to right: Hestia (scepter), Hermes (winged cap and staff), Aphrodite (veiled), Ares (helmet and spear), Demeter (scepter and wheat sheaf), Hephaestus (staff), Hera (scepter), Poseidon (trident), Athena (owl and helmet), Zeus (thunderbolt and staff ...
Goddess of fresh-water, and the mother of the rivers, springs, streams, fountains, and clouds. Theia: Θεία (Theía) Goddess of sight and the shining light of the clear blue sky. She is the consort of Hyperion, and mother of Helios, Selene, and Eos. Themis: Θέμις (Thémis) Goddess of divine law and order. Descendants of the twelve ...
A 1772 painting by Jacques-Louis David depicting Niobe attempting to shield her children from Artemis and Apollo. In Greek mythology, Niobe (/ ˈ n aɪ. ə. b iː /; Ancient Greek: Νιόβη: Nióbē) was a daughter of Tantalus and of either Dione (as most frequently cited) or of Eurythemista or Euryanassa.
In Greek mythology, Theia (/ ˈ θ iː ə /; Ancient Greek: Θεία, romanized: Theía, lit. 'divine', also rendered Thea or Thia) is one of the three thousand Oceanid nymphs, daughters of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys, and the mother of the Cercopes. She is not to be confused with Theia, sister to Oceanus and Tethys and mother of Helios ...
Dione Lucas (1909–1971), English chef and first female graduate of Le Cordon Bleu; Dee Dee Sharp (born Dione LaRue, 1945), American R&B singer; Dione Santos (born 1979), Brazilian footballer