John Shaqi
Mesopotamian3500 BCE – 500 BCE

Dione (Titaness)

Ancient Mesopotamia

In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Dione is an oracular goddess and Titaness. She is primarily known from Book V of Homer's Iliad, where she tends to the wounds suffered by her daughter Aphrodite. In myth, Dione is either presented as an Oceanid – one of the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys – or the thirteenth Titan and a daughter of Gaia and Uranus.

Dione (Titaness)

Dione (Titaness)

In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Dione is an oracular goddess and Titaness. She is primarily known from Book V of Homer's Iliad, where she tends to the wounds suffered by her daughter Aphrodite. In myth, Dione is either presented as an Oceanid – one of the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys – or the thirteenth Titan and a daughter of Gaia and Uranus.

Pantheon: Mesopotamian Culture: Sumerian / Akkadian Civilization: Ancient Mesopotamia Period: 3500 BCE – 500 BCE

Source: Wikipedia)

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Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dione_(Titaness)

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