Dione

Summary

Dione is a titan^[1]. She draws 1,083 Wikipedia views per month (titan category, ranking #18 of 25).^[2]

Key Facts

• Dione's father was Oceanus^[3].
• Dione's father was Uranus^[4].
• Dione's father was Aether^[5].
• Dione's mother was Tethys^[6].
• Dione's mother was Gaia^[7].
• A child of Dione was Aphrodite^[8].
• A child of Dione was Dionysus^[9].
• A child of Dione was Niobe^[10].
• A child of Dione was Pandemos^[11].
• Dione is recorded as female^[12].
• Dione's instance of is recorded as titan^[13].
• Dione's instance of is recorded as water deity^[14].
• Dione's Commons category is recorded as Dione (mythology)^[15].
• Dione's unmarried partner is recorded as Zeus^[16].
• Dione's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok^[17].
• Dione's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon^[18].
• Dione's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[19].
• Dione's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[20].
• Dione's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[21].
• Dione's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[22].
• Dione's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa^[23].
• Dione's present in work is recorded as Iliad^[24].

Body

Origins and Family

Fathers listed include Oceanus^[3], a titan^[25]; Uranus^[4], a Greek primordial deity^[26]; and Aether^[5], a Greek primordial deity^[27]. Mothers listed include Tethys^[6], a titan^[28] and Gaia^[7], a Greek primordial deity^[29].

Personal Life

Children include Aphrodite^[8], a Greek deity^[30]; Dionysus^[9], a nature deity^[31]; Niobe^[10], a mythological Greek character^[32], in Turkey^[33]; and Pandemos^[11], a Greek deity^[34].

Works and Contributions

Things named for Dione include she^[35], a moon of Saturn^[36]; 106 she^[37], an asteroid^[38]; and Dionaea^[39], a monotypic taxon^[40].

Why It Matters

Dione draws 1,083 Wikipedia views per month (titan category, ranking #18 of 25).^[2] She has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[41] She is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[42]

Entities named for her include she^[35], a moon of Saturn^[36]; 106 she^[37], an asteroid^[38]; and Dionaea^[39], a monotypic taxon^[40].

FAQs

Who were Dione's parents?

Dione's father was Oceanus^[3]. Dione's mother was Tethys^[6].