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Dionaea

Dionaea

(Διώναια), a metronymic form of Dione, and applied to her daughter Aphrodite. (Orph. Arg. 1320; Verg. A. 3.19.) The name is also applied as an epithet to things which were sacred to her, such as the dove. (Stat. Silv. 3.5. 80.) [L.S]

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