Talk:Dione (mythology)

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Tagged for Rewrite

At the moment, I am unable to find the version of this page that existed before it was moved around and hacked at. It probably wasn't much better than this version. This version is probably well-meaning. However, the result is simply shameful. Most of the article is currently sourced to a mid-19th century handbook by William Smith. None of the entries detail where and when these figures are attested. Rather, it simply presents them as part of a single system in a slice of time, as if all of these figures existed in some sort of stasis together, free of the mysterious and no doubt complex channels that resulted in them. The etymology (if one can even call it that, free of reference that it is) is simply goofy. It even ends with a ridiculous "et al." Notably, no mention is made of the discussion around Dione as a feminine of Zeus, and the Hesiod-contradicting origin of Aphrodite presented in the Illiad where Aphrodite is a product of Zeus and Dione (theonyms that are Greek reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European sky god in masculine and feminine) and the historical issues that this raises. I have therefore tagged this article to be rewritten from scratch. :bloodofox: (talk) 22:27, 19 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Here you are: [1]. Hack away. SamEV (talk) 07:34, 28 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I've done a fair bit of rewriting, reorganisation, and change of emphasis. It comes across now, I hope, as both more unified and less certain: better sourced, and more watery, which seems appropriate. I've therefore boldly removed the tag, which I hope is ok in the circumstances. Chiswick Chap (talk) 08:40, 19 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Great job.

I have one quibble. You identified Dione the wife of Tantalus with the Hyad Dione, but it may not be justified. SamEV (talk) 19:30, 24 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I've added a ref to Hyginus who confirms the identification. Chiswick Chap (talk) 07:29, 25 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hyginus calls Dione a daughter of Atlas, but not a Hyad (see the text of Fabulae at theoi.com). SamEV (talk) 03:42, 26 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

My point is that two daughters of Atlas were called Dione: one a Hyad, the other a Pleiad. SamEV (talk) 04:00, 26 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]