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Selene was an archaic lunar deity and the daughter of the Titans Hyperion and Theia. [1] Her equivalent in ancient Roman religion and myth is Luna, Latin for "moon." The etymology of Selene is uncertain, but if the word is of Greek origin, it is likely connected to the word selas (σέλας), meaning "brightness". [2]
In ancient Greek mythology and religion, Selene (/ s ɪ ˈ l iː n iː /; Ancient Greek: Σελήνη pronounced [selɛ̌ːnɛː] seh-LEH-neh, meaning "Moon") [2] is the goddess and personification of the Moon. Also known as Mene, she is traditionally the daughter of the Titans Hyperion and Theia, and sister of the sun god Helios and the dawn ...
Selena (/ s ə ˈ l iː n ə /) is a feminine given name, a probable variant of Selene, the goddess and personification of the Moon in Greek mythology and religion. [1] People with the name include: Selena (Selena Quintanilla-Pérez; 1971–1995), Mexican-American singer; Selena (Dutch singer) (Sabina Brons-Quack; born 1965), Dutch singer
Selina (/ s ə ˈ l iː n ə /) is a feminine given name, considered either a variant of Selene, the goddess and personification of the Moon in Greek mythology and religion, or a spelling variation of the name Celina, which is derived from the Roman name Cecilia, referring to a woman from the Caecilia gens.
Selene, the Greek personification of the moon, and the Roman Diana were also sometimes called "Cynthia". [4] In Ancient Roman literature 'Cynthia' is the name of ...
Apostolos Athanassakis and Benjamin Wolkow speculate that Selene's name, which is derived from the word σέλας (selas, "light") and thus means "luminous one", might have originally developed as a euphemism, before becoming the Moon and its goddess's proper name.
Whatever the case, Zeus granted Selene's wish and put Endymion into an eternal sleep. Every night, Selene visited him where he slept, and by him had fifty daughters [8] who are equated by some scholars (such as James George Frazer or H. J. Rose) with the fifty months of the Olympiad. [9] [need quotation to verify]. [10] [11]
Selene was the name of the Greek moon goddess and it is connected to the word selas (σέλας), meaning "light". [20] "Cleopatra" was a Ptolemaic dynastic name; [21] it means "famous in her father" or "renowned in her ancestry". [22] As a queen of Syria, she was the second to rule with the name 'Cleopatra'.