Dione
Roman · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
Mother of Venus by Jupiter in the genealogy transmitted under Hyginus; this is one account of Venus’s birth.
Parentage
- parent: AetherThe transmitted Latin genealogy; Greek parentage is not substituted.Hyginus, Fabulae, Preface (primary)
- mother: TellusThe transmitted Latin genealogy; Greek parentage is not substituted.Hyginus, Fabulae, Preface (primary)
Relations
- parent: AetherThe transmitted Latin genealogy; Greek parentage is not substituted.Hyginus, Fabulae, Preface (primary)
- mother: TellusThe transmitted Latin genealogy; Greek parentage is not substituted.Hyginus, Fabulae, Preface (primary)
- mother of: VenusIn this account; other birth accounts are retained as variants.Hyginus, Fabulae, Preface: Venus (primary)
Sources
- existence and tradition-specific description: Hyginus, Fabulae, Preface: Venus (primary)