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The Mother of Aphrodite
Dione in The Iliad (reference)
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The Mother of Aphrodite

Dione is one of the more mysterious Greek goddesses. Some believe that she is the personification of a more ancient Mother Goddess (Goddess of the Oak, from Asia Minor) and that the Greeks simply adopted her into their pantheon.

If that’s not vague enough, Dione is also said to be the feminine name of Zeus. When Aphrodite greets Dione as ‘mother’ we can only guess at what that actually means.

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Dione in The Iliad (listed by book and line)

05.371 ...After arriving on Mount Olympos (Olympus), the wounded Aphrodite fell to her knees before the goddess, Dione
05.381 ...Dione tells the wounded Aphrodite that the Immortals must bear many hardships
05.385 ...Dione tells the wounded Aphrodite how Ares was bound by Ephialtes and Otos (Otus)
05.416 ...Dione wiped away the ikhor (ichor) and pain from Aphrodite’s wounded arm

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