Dionaean : epithet of Aphrodite from her mother Dione, original consort of Zeus.
... thou not womb of the world and from thee are the thronging of creatures? And didst thou cease the worlds too would cease and the aeons be ended. Suffer my Greeks; accept who accept thee, O gold Dionaean. They in the works of their craft and their dreams shall enthrone thee for ever, Building thee temples in Paphos and Eryx and island Cythera, Building the fane more enduring and bright of thy golden ...
... not womb of the world and from thee are the thronging of creatures? And didst thou cease the worlds too would cease and the aeons be ended. Suffer my Greeks; accept who accept thee. O gold Dionaean. Page 86 They in the works of their craft and their dreams shall enthrone thee for ever, Building thee temples in Paphos and Eryx and island Cythera, Building the fane more enduring ...
... wearing a veil, sometimes crowned with ears of corn and holding in her hand a sceptre, ears of corn, or a torch. Diomedes: One of the most respected Greek leaders in the Trojan war. Dionaean: An epithet of Aphrodite Dionysus Attic cup, c. 480 BC Dione: Original consort of Zeus, supplanted by Hera, and mother of Aphrodite according to Homer. Dionysus: In ...
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