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subject	book bibliographic info
aphrodite/dione, doves, sacred to	Simon (2021) 259, 276, 277
dion	Beneker et al. (2022) 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 181 Cornelli (2013) 310 Eidinow (2007) 350 Humphreys (2018) 433, 1074 Keddie (2019) 33 Mackil and Papazarkadas (2020) 239 Nuno et al (2021) 278, 282, 326, 328, 330 Papadodima (2022) 6, 61, 67, 70
dion, city	Athanassaki and Titchener (2022) 207, 214, 215
dion, cults, cults acts for	Papadodima (2022) 58
dion, dium, city	Cosgrove (2022) 161
dion, games, public, at	Cosgrove (2022) 161
dion, iseum	Bricault et al. (2007) 514
dion, isis lochia, temple at	Nuno et al (2021) 278, 282
dion, leather-dresser, colossae	Huttner (2013) 22
dion, macedonia	Bruun and Edmondson (2015) 615 Naiden (2013) 94
dion, of prousa	Stanton (2021) 33, 43, 46, 47, 48, 49, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 63, 64, 65, 66, 68, 75, 76, 77, 78, 82, 85, 95, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 130, 131, 136, 137, 138, 139, 142, 143, 154, 156, 157, 161, 162, 170, 171, 172, 176, 231, 232, 236, 240, 241, 242, 245, 246, 248, 256
dion, of prusa, sophist and writer	Marek (2019) 477, 489, 495
dion, of syracuse	Henderson (2020) 275, 276 Jim (2022) 168, 169, 171
dion, olympia	Amendola (2022) 117
dion, plato	Sommerstein and Torrance (2014) 367
dion, sicily	Naiden (2013) 148, 173
dione	Benefiel and Keegan (2016) 168 Braund and Most (2004) 195 Bremmer (2008) 77 Mackil and Papazarkadas (2020) 174, 220, 223 Simon (2021) 15, 254, 259, 276, 280
dione, and, aphrodite	Simon (2021) 259
dione, at dodona, statues, of	Mikalson (2016) 32, 33, 48, 162, 177, 261, 263
dione, goddess	Eidinow (2007) 2, 273 Eidinow and Kindt (2015) 86
dione, of dodona, dedications, to	Mikalson (2016) 270, 274
dionysia, dion, festivals with tragic performances, other than olympia, at	Liapis and Petrides (2019) 152, 153, 156
dionysius, ii, dion, of syracuse, on	Cosgrove (2022) 60

List of validated texts:

10 validated results for "dione"

1. Hesiod, Theogony, 181, 191-195, 201 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Dione • Dione (goddess)

Found in books: Eidinow and Kindt (2015) 86; Simon (2021) 254; Álvarez (2019) 144, 145

181. ἐσσυμένως ἤμησε, πάλιν δʼ ἔρριψε φέρεσθαι'
191. ἀφρὸς ἀπʼ ἀθανάτου χροὸς ὤρνυτο· τῷ δʼ ἔνι κούρη 192. ἐθρέφθη· πρῶτον δὲ Κυθήροισιν ζαθέοισιν 193. ἔπλητʼ, ἔνθεν ἔπειτα περίρρυτον ἵκετο Κύπρον. 194. ἐκ δʼ ἔβη αἰδοίη καλὴ θεός, ἀμφὶ δὲ ποίη 195. ποσσὶν ὕπο ῥαδινοῖσιν ἀέξετο· τὴν δʼ Ἀφροδίτην
201. τῇ δʼ Ἔρος ὡμάρτησε καὶ Ἵμερος ἕσπετο καλὸς '. None

181. An evil ruse: a mass of flint she made'
191. At what he said vast Earth was glad at heart 192. And in an ambush set her child apart 193. And told him everything she had in mind. 194. Great Heaven brought the night and, since he pined 195. To couple, lay with Earth. Cronus revealed
201. Descend behind him, because Earth conceived '. None

2. Homer, Iliad, 5.370 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Dione • Dione (goddess)

Found in books: Eidinow and Kindt (2015) 86; Simon (2021) 280; Álvarez (2019) 144

5.370. ἣ δʼ ἐν γούνασι πῖπτε Διώνης δῖʼ Ἀφροδίτη''. None

5.370. but fair Aphrodite flung herself upon the knees of her mother Dione. She clasped her daughter in her arms, and stroked her with her hand and spake to her, saying:Who now of the sons of heaven, dear child, hath entreated thee thus wantonly, as though thou wert working some evil before the face of all?''. None

3. Plato, Symposium, None (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Dione • doves, sacred to Aphrodite/Dione • statues, of Dione at Dodona

Found in books: Mikalson (2016) 48; Simon (2021) 276, 277

180d. ὁποῖον δεῖ ἐπαινεῖν. ἐγὼ οὖν πειράσομαι τοῦτο ἐπανορθώσασθαι, πρῶτον μὲν ἔρωτα φράσαι ὃν δεῖ ἐπαινεῖν, ἔπειτα ἐπαινέσαι ἀξίως τοῦ θεοῦ. πάντες γὰρ ἴσμεν ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ἄνευ Ἔρωτος Ἀφροδίτη. μιᾶς μὲν οὖν οὔσης εἷς ἂν ἦν Ἔρως· ἐπεὶ δὲ δὴ δύο ἐστόν, δύο ἀνάγκη καὶ Ἔρωτε εἶναι. πῶς δʼ οὐ δύο τὼ θεά; ἡ μέν γέ που πρεσβυτέρα καὶ ἀμήτωρ Οὐρανοῦ θυγάτηρ, ἣν δὴ καὶ Οὐρανίαν ἐπονομάζομεν· ἡ δὲ νεωτέρα Διὸς καὶ Διώνης,''. None

180d. what sort we ought to praise. Now this defect I will endeavor to amend, and will first decide on a Love who deserves our praise, and then will praise him in terms worthy of his godhead. We are all aware that there is no Aphrodite or Love-passion without a Love. True, if that goddess were one, then Love would be one: but since there are two of her, there must needs be two Loves also. Does anyone doubt that she is double? Surely there is the elder, of no mother born, but daughter of Heaven, whence we name her Heavenly; while the younger was the child of Zeus and Dione, and her we call Popular.''. None

4. Diodorus Siculus, Historical Library, 16.20.6, 17.16.3-17.16.4 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Dion (Dium), city • Dion of Syracuse • Dion, city • Olympia (Dion) • cults, cults acts for Dion • festivals with tragic performances (other than Dionysia), Olympia, at Dion • games (public), at Dion

Found in books: Amendola (2022) 117; Athanassaki and Titchener (2022) 207; Cosgrove (2022) 161; Jim (2022) 169; Liapis and Petrides (2019) 152; Papadodima (2022) 58

16.20.6. \xa0An assembly was summoned, and the people, as an expression of their gratitude to him, elected Dion general with absolute power and accorded him honours suited to a hero, and Dion in harmony with his former conduct generously absolved all his personal enemies of the charges outstanding against them and having reassured the populace brought them to a state of general harmony. The Syracusans with universal praises and with elaborate testimonials of approval honoured their benefactor as the one and only saviour of their native land. Such was the condition of affairs in Sicily.
17.16.3. \xa0He then proceeded to show them where their advantage lay and by appeals aroused their enthusiasm for the contests which lay ahead. He made lavish sacrifices to the gods at Dium in Macedonia and held the dramatic contests in honour of Zeus and the Muses which ArchelaÃ¼s, one of his predecessors, had instituted. 17.16.4. \xa0He celebrated the festival for nine days, naming each day after one of the Muses. He erected a tent to hold a\xa0hundred couches and invited his Friends and officers, as well as the ambassadors from the cities, to the banquet. Employing great magnificence, he entertained great numbers in person besides distributing to his entire force sacrificial animals and all else suitable for the festive occasion, and put his army in a fine humour.''. None

5. None, None, nan (1st cent. CE - missingth cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Dion (Dium), city • festivals with tragic performances (other than Dionysia), Olympia, at Dion • games (public), at Dion

Found in books: Cosgrove (2022) 161; Liapis and Petrides (2019) 153

6. None, None, nan (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Dion • Dion (Sicily) • Dion of Syracuse • cults, cults acts for Dion

Found in books: Beneker et al. (2022) 44; Humphreys (2018) 1074; Jim (2022) 168; Naiden (2013) 173; Papadodima (2022) 58

7. None, None, nan (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Dion of Prousa • Dion of Prusa, sophist and writer

Found in books: Marek (2019) 477; Stanton (2021) 43

8. Pausanias, Description of Greece, 1.22.3, 6.25.1 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Dione • doves, sacred to Aphrodite/Dione

Found in books: Simon (2021) 276, 277; Álvarez (2019) 145

1.22.3. Ἀφροδίτην δὲ τὴν Πάνδημον, ἐπεί τε Ἀθηναίους Θησεὺς ἐς μίαν ἤγαγεν ἀπὸ τῶν δήμων πόλιν, αὐτήν τε σέβεσθαι καὶ Πειθὼ κατέστησε· τὰ μὲν δὴ παλαιὰ ἀγάλματα οὐκ ἦν ἐπʼ ἐμοῦ, τὰ δὲ ἐπʼ ἐμοῦ τεχνιτῶν ἦν οὐ τῶν ἀφανεστάτων. ἔστι δὲ καὶ Γῆς Κουροτρόφου καὶ Δήμητρος ἱερὸν Χλόης· τὰ δὲ ἐς τὰς ἐπωνυμίας ἔστιν αὐτῶν διδαχθῆναι τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν ἐλθόντα ἐς λόγους.
6.25.1. ἔστι δὲ τῆς στοᾶς ὀπίσω τῆς ἀπὸ τῶν λαφύρων τῶν ἐκ Κορκύρας Ἀφροδίτης ναός, τὸ δὲ ἐν ὑπαίθρῳ τέμενος οὐ πολὺ ἀφεστηκὸς ἀπὸ τοῦ ναοῦ. καὶ τὴν μὲν ἐν τῷ ναῷ καλοῦσιν Οὐρανίαν, ἐλέφαντος δέ ἐστι καὶ χρυσοῦ, τέχνη Φειδίου, τῷ δὲ ἑτέρῳ ποδὶ ἐπὶ χελώνης βέβηκε· τῆς δὲ περιέχεται μὲν τὸ τέμενος θριγκῷ, κρηπὶς δὲ ἐντὸς τοῦ τεμένους πεποίηται καὶ ἐπὶ τῇ κρηπῖδι ἄγαλμα Ἀφροδίτης χαλκοῦν ἐπὶ τράγῳ κάθηται χαλκῷ· Σκόπα τοῦτο ἔργον, Ἀφροδίτην δὲ Πάνδημον ὀνομάζουσι. τὰ δὲ ἐπὶ τῇ χελώνῃ τε καὶ ἐς τὸν τράγον παρίημι τοῖς θέλουσιν εἰκάζειν.''. None

1.22.3. When Theseus had united into one state the many Athenian parishes, he established the cults of Aphrodite Pandemos (Common) and of Persuasion. The old statues no longer existed in my time, but those I saw were the work of no inferior artists. There is also a sanctuary of Earth, Nurse of Youth, and of Demeter Chloe (Green). You can learn all about their names by conversing with the priests.
6.25.1. Behind the portico built from the spoils of Corcyra is a temple of Aphrodite, the precinct being in the open, not far from the temple. The goddess in the temple they call Heavenly; she is of ivory and gold, the work of Pheidias, and she stands with one foot upon a tortoise. The precinct of the other Aphrodite is surrounded by a wall, and within the precinct has been made a basement, upon which sits a bronze image of Aphrodite upon a bronze he-goat. It is a work of Scopas, and the Aphrodite is named Common. The meaning of the tortoise and of the he-goat I leave to those who care to guess.''. None

9. None, None, nan (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Dion of Prousa • Dion of Prusa, sophist and writer

Found in books: Marek (2019) 477; Stanton (2021) 78

10. Demosthenes, Orations, 21.51
Tagged with subjects: • Dione (goddess) • dedications, to Dione of Dodona

Found in books: Eidinow (2007) 273; Mikalson (2016) 270, 274

21.51. Now if I had not been chorus-master, men of Athens, when I was thus maltreated by Meidias, it is only the personal insult that one would have condemned; but under the circumstances I think one would be justified in condemning also the impiety of the act. You surely realize that all your choruses and hymns to the god are sanctioned, not only by the regulations of the Dionysia, but also by the oracles, in all of which, whether given at Delphi or at Dodona, you will find a solemn injunction to the State to set up dances after the ancestral custom, to fill the streets with the savour of sacrifice, and to wear garlands.''. None

Please note: the results are produced through a computerized process which may frequently lead to errors, both in incorrect tagging and in other issues. Please use with caution.
Due to load times, full text fetching is currently attempted for validated results only.
Full texts for Hebrew Bible and rabbinic texts is kindly supplied by Sefaria; for Greek and Latin texts, by Perseus Scaife, for the Quran, by Tanzil.net

For a list of book indices included, see here.

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