Aphrodite is the daughter of a demigod in Homer's Iliad.
The Achaeans ( [ əˈkiːənz ] Ἀχαιοί Akhaioí ) constitute one of the collective names for the Greeks in Homer 's Iliad ( used 598 times ) and Odyssey . Aphrodite . In Homer 's Iliad , however , she is the daughter of Zeus and Dione . Dione ( [ daɪˈoʊni ] Διώνη , Diōnē ) was an ancient Greek goddess , an oracular Titaness primarily known from Book V of Homer 's Iliad , where she tends to the wounds suffered by her daughter Aphrodite .