Dione

Dĭōnē, ēs (-a, ae, Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 59), f., = Διώνη.

• The mother of Venus, Cic. l.l.; Hyg. praef.; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 433.
• —Hence, Dĭōnaeus, a, um, adj., of Dione: vestis, the garment worked by Dione for her daughter, Claud. Epith. Pall. et Cel. 102.—Far more freq. as in Greek,
• II Venus, Ov. F. 2, 461; 5, 309; id. Am. 1, 14, 33 al.
• —Hence, Dĭōnaeus, a, um, adj., of Dione (Venus): mater, Venus herself (with reference to Aeneas), Verg. A. 3, 19; hence, Dionaeus Caesar, as the descendant of Iulus, Aeneas, and consequently of Venus, id. E. 9, 47: columba, sacred to Venus, Stat. S. 3, 5, 80: flores, Col. 10, 286: antrum, Dione's grotto, as the scene of love and love-songs, Hor. C. 2, 1, 39.

Diōnē, ēs, f. u. Diōna, ae, f. (Διώνη), I) eine Titanin, Tochter des Oceanus u. der Tethys od. (nach andern) des Äther u. der Gäa, Mutter der (dritten) Venus, Cic. de nat. deor. 3, 59. Claud. rapt. Pros. 3, 433. Hyg. fab. prooem. p. 3 M. – II) appellat. = Venus selbst, Ov. am. 1, 14, 33 u.a. – Dav. Diōnaeus, a, um (Διωναῖος), zur Dione (Venus) gehörig, dionëisch, mater, d.i. Venus, Verg.: Caesar (als Nachkomme des Äneas, des Sohnes der Venus), Verg.: antrum, der Venus heilig, Hor.: ebenso columba, Stat.

Dio'ne

(Διώνη), a female Titan, a daughter of Oceanus and Tethys (Hesiod. Theog. 353), and, according to others, of Uranus and Ge, or of Aether and Ge. (Hygin. Fab. Praef.; Apollod. 1.1.3.) She was beloved by Zeus, by whom she became the mother of Aphrodite. (Apollod. 1.3. sec; i.; Hornm. Il. 5.370, &c.) When Aphrodite was wounded by Diomedes, Dione received her daughter in Olympus, and pronounced the threat respecting the punishment of Diomedes. (Itom. Il. 5.405.) Dione was present, with other divinities, at the birth of Apollo and Artemis in Delos. (Hom. Hymn. in Del. 93.) At the foot of Lepreon, on the western coast of Peloponnesus, there was a grove sacred to her (Strab. viii. p.346), and in other places she was worshipped in the temples of Zeus. (Strab. vii. p.329.) In some traditions she is called the mother of Dionysus. (Schol. ad Pind. Pyth. 3.177; Hesych. s. v. Βάκχου Διώνης). There are three more mythical personages of this name. (Apollod. 1.2.7; Hyg. Fab. 83; Pherecyd. p. 115, ed. Sturz.) [L.S]

Diōné

(Διώνη). A female Titan, loved by Zeus, by whom she became the mother of Aphrodité, who is hence called Dionaea and sometimes even Dioné. Hence Caesar is called Dionaeus Caesar, because he claimed descent from Venus (Aphrodité).

Dione Dione, a Titanid

• Apollod. 1.1.2
• mother of Aphrodite: Apollod. 1.2.6, Apollod. 1.3.1

Dione (2), a Nereid

• Apollod. 1.2.6