In Greek mythology, the mother of Aphrodite, and daughter of Zeus.
A moon of Saturn was discovered by Giovanni Cassini in 1684. Dione also is designated as "Saturn IV". In Greek mythology, Dione was a goddess and mother to Aphrodite.
An unimportant female companion of Zeus, popular in the northwestern Greek city of Dodona.
Dione is one of the 18 moons of Saturn. It has a diameter of about 600 miles (1,120 km). It orbits at a mean distance of about 235,000 miles from Saturn, revolving around the planet in about 65.75 hours. It has an icy surface with craters, plains and streaks of bright material. Some craters over 100 km wide. Its density is 1.43 gm/cm3, the densest moon of Saturn, indicating a large rocky core. Dione was discovered by G. Cassini in 1684.
Dione (dye-oe'-nee, , Greek Διώνη) is a moon of Saturn discovered by Giovanni Cassini in 1684. It is named after the titan Dione of Greek mythology who (with Zeus) created Aphrodite. It is also designated Saturn IV.
Dione in Greek mythology is a vague goddess presence who has her most concrete form in Book V of Homer's Iliad as the mother of Aphrodite: Aphrodite journeys to Dione's side after she has been wounded in battle while protecting her favorite son Aeneas. In this episode, Dione seems to be the equivalent of Rhea the Earth Mother, whom Homer also placed in Olympus. Dione's Indo-European name is really less a name than simply a title: the "Goddess", etymologically a female form of Zeus.
