Dione in the Iliad
Dione appears when Aphrodite returns wounded from battle; the narrator explicitly identifies their mother–daughter relationship.
Also known as: Dione · ไดโอนี
A relationship grounded in a specific scene
In Iliad Book V, the wounded Aphrodite returns to Dione. The narrator calls Dione her mother, providing a direct basis for this relationship without supplying an entire genealogy.
Dione comforts her with accounts of other gods’ suffering. That episode is not evidence that all mythological relationships share a single consistent version.
Butler calls Aphrodite Venus. The database uses Greek names for navigation while retaining the translation information in its citation.
Claims and evidence
Dione is Aphrodite’s mother in Iliad Book V.
Relationships by source version
Sources
- Homer, Iliad, Book V — Samuel Butler
Book V: Aphrodite wounded by Diomedes and comforted by Dione; Greek line references 370–430. Butler uses Venus/Jove for Aphrodite/Zeus.
Source accessed 2026-10-28
