In the Attic mythic genealogical tradition preserved in sources derived from the Library of Apollodorus and summarized in later lexica and summaries, Diogenia is named as a daughter of the river-god Cephisus. She is presented primarily in family-list contexts: she married Phrasimus and bore Praxithea, who in turn married Erechtheus of Athens. These relationships serve to connect the elemental/divine presence of a local river with the dynastic and civic origins of Athenian kingship rather than to narrate a life-story or mythic adventures for Diogenia herself (sources: Apollodoran tradition as reflected in the "Kings of Athens" passage; modern summaries such as the cited Wikipedia entry).
No physical description or standardized iconography for Diogenia survives in the provided sources. Her attestations are genealogical and locative rather than descriptive; the classical passages that mention her record name and descent but do not supply bodily or iconographic detail (sources: Apollodoran-type genealogies and compendia summarized in modern references).
The surviving material does not ascribe any specific powers, miraculous acts, or characteristic behaviors to Diogenia. She is attested only as a named naiad-daughter of Cephisus and as wife and mother within a royal pedigree; no texts in the provided corpus record feats, interventions, or ritual function for her individually.
Weaknesses
- otherNo weaknesses recorded in the provided sources
Wards
- otherNo protective rites or wards specifically aimed at Diogenia are recorded in the provided material
Community Record
- [1]Wikipedia — Diogenia. Wikipedia: Diogenia. Accessed via provided research notes.wiki
- [2]LP0037 The Kings of Athens (Library of Apollodorus tradition). Archive: "Legendary Passages #0037 - The Kings of Athens" (Apollodoran-derived genealogical passage).literary
- [3]Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2007: 15.340 (Statilia Diogenia). Epigraphic record noting the personal name Statilia Diogenia on a funerary sarcophagus; demonstrates later personal-name usage but does not record cult or ritual for the mythic naiad.academic
- [4]Person: Diogenia (myths.uvic.ca entry). Summary entry identifying Diogenia in Attic genealogical contexts (provided in research notes).other