religion and Greek mythology, Dione (/daɪˈoʊniː/; Greek: Διώνη, translit. Diṓnē, lit. "she-Zeus") is an oracular goddess, a Titaness primarily known from
by Iapetus of Atlas, Menoetius, Prometheus, and Epimetheus, while according to Apollodorus, 1.2.3, another Oceanid, Asia was their mother by Iapetus. According
According to Apollodorus, there were thirteen original Titans, adding the TitanessDione to Hesiod's list. The Titans (instead of being Uranus' firstborn as
Titan children of Gaia (Earth) and Uranus (Sky). With his sister, the Titaness Theia, Hyperion fathered Helios (Sun), Selene (Moon) and Eos (Dawn). Hyperion
Giovanni Domenico Cassini in 1684 and is named after the TitanessDione in Greek mythology. Dione was first imaged up-close by the Voyager 1 space probe