| Greek Name |
Transliteration |
Latin Spelling |
Translation |
| Διωνη |
Diônê |
Dione |
Divine (dios) |
DIONE was a nymph daughter of the Titan Atlas and the wife of the Lydian king Tantalos.
She was probably a star- and mountain-nymph like her sisters, the Pleiades and Hyades, residing on Mount Sipylos in Lydia (western Anatolia).
| PARENTS |
| [1] ATLAS (Hyginus Fabulae 83, Ovid Metamorphoses 6.172) |
| OFFSPRING |
[1] PELOPS (by Tantalos) (Hyginus Fabulae 82)
[2] NIOBE (by Tantalos) (Ovid Metamorphoses 6.172) |
Pseudo-Hyginus, Fabulae 82 (trans. Grant) (Roman mythographer C2nd A.D.) :
"Tantalus, son of Jove [Zeus] and Pluto, begat Pelops by Dione."
Pseudo-Hyginus, Fabulae 83 :
"Pelops, son of Tantalus and Dione, daughter of Atlas."
Ovid, Metamorphoses 6. 172 ff (trans. Melville) (Roman epic C1st B.C. to C1st A.D.) :
"My [Niobe's] father is Tantalus, the only mortal gods in heaven allowed to share their banquet-board. My mother ranks as sister of the Pleiades. That great giant, Atlas, whose shoulders bear the circling sky, is one grandfather."
Sources:
- Hyginus, Fabulae - Latin Mythography C2nd A.D.
- Ovid, Metamorphoses - Latin Epic C1st B.C. - C1st A.D.
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