entity_sources: ENT_DIONE, SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY, direct attestation
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| entity_id | source_id | evidence_type | source_note |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENT_DIONE | SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY | direct attestation | Theogony 353: Dione is an Oceanid, daughter of Oceanus and Tethys; Homer makes her an Olympian, the mother of Aphrodite by Zeus (Iliad 5.370) — a rival tradition to Hesiod's sea-foam Aphrodite birth; Hesiod's Theogony establishes Dione as an Oceanid; the two traditions coexist |