Titaness in the context of Dione (Titaness)


Dione, a figure in Greek mythology, is identified as either a Titaness—descended from Uranus and Gaia—or an Oceanid, born of Oceanus and Tethys. Regardless of her parentage, she is recognized as a goddess associated with the sea, prophecy, and healing, notably tending to Aphrodite's injuries in Homer's *Iliad* and being primarily worshipped at Dodona.

⭐ In the context of Dione, a Titaness in Greek mythology, her lineage is described as potentially stemming from which primordial deities?

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⭐ Core Definition: Titaness

In Greek mythology, the Titans (Ancient Greek: Τιτᾶνες, Tītânes; singular: Τιτάν, Tītā́n) were the deities that preceded the Olympians. According to the Theogony of Hesiod, they were the twelve children of the primordial deities Uranus (Sky) and Gaia (Earth). The six male Titans were Oceanus, Coeus, Crius, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Cronus, and the six female Titans (called the Titanesses; Ancient Greek: Τιτανίδες, Tītānídes; singular: Τιτανίς, Tītānís) were Theia, Rhea, Themis, Mnemosyne, Phoebe, and Tethys.

After Cronus married his sister Rhea, she bore the first generation of Olympians: the six siblings Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Demeter, Hades, and Hestia. Certain other children of the Titans, such as Prometheus, Atlas, Helios, and Leto, are sometimes also called Titans.

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In the context of Dione, a Titaness in Greek mythology, her lineage is described as potentially stemming from which primordial deities?
HINT: The source indicates Dione is presented as either a Titaness, the daughter of Uranus and Gaia, or an Oceanid, the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, establishing these as her possible ancestral pairings.

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Titaness in the context of Dione (Titaness/Oceanid)

In Greek religion and mythology, Dione (/dˈn/; Ancient Greek: Διώνη, romanizedDiṓnē, lit.'Zeus feminine') is the goddess of sea, prophecy, magic, health, fertility and lust, primarily known from Book V of Homer's Iliad, where she tends to the wounds suffered by her daughter Aphrodite. Dione is presented either an Titaness, the daughter of Uranus and Gaia, or an Oceanid, the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys. She was a goddess primarily worshipped at Dodona.

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