Dionaea

A matronymic form of Dione, and applied to her daughter Aphrodite.

The name is also applied as an epithet to things which were sacred to her, such as the dove.1

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References

Notes

  1. Statius. Silvae iii, 5. 80.

Sources

  • Orphic. Argonautica, 1320.
  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.
  • Virgil. Aeneid iii, 19.

This article incorporates text from Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1870) by William Smith, which is in the public domain.