Dione
(3 syl.). Venus, who sprang from the froth of the sea, after
the mutilated body of Uranus (the sky) had been thrown there by
Saturn.
So young Dione, nursed beneath the waves
And rocked by Nereids in their coral caves ...
Lisped her sweet tones, and tried her tender smiles.
Darwin: Economy of Vegatation, ii.
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