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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 (MEH-neh), she is traditionally the daughter of the Titans Hyperion and Theia, and sister of the sun god Helios and ...
Cleopatra Selene and her twin Alexander appear briefly in the television series Rome. Selene, córka Kleopatry by Natalia Rolleczek is a novel about Cleopatra Selene and her brothers from the death of their parents until her marriage. Selene is a lead character in Michael Livingston's 2015 historical fantasy novel The Shards of Heaven. [21] [22]
Articles relating to the goddess Selene and her depictions. She is the Greek Moon goddess. She is the daughter of the Titans Hyperion and Theia, and sister of the sun god Helios and the dawn goddess Eos. In late accounts, Selene (like the moon itself) is often described as having horns.
Selene, Greek goddess of the moon, in a flying chariot drawn by two white horses. She and her brother Helius, the god of the sun, often frame mythical scenes, giving an indication of the passage of time. Because both the Sun and Moon affect the temperature of the air, pestilential diseases and death are attributed to them. Rare Books
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'.
In Greek mythology, the goddess Pandia / p æ n ˈ d aɪ ə / or Pandeia (Ancient Greek: Πανδία, Πανδεία, meaning "all brightness") [1] was a daughter of Zeus and the goddess Selene, the Greek personification of the moon. [2]
She is the Greek goddess of sight and vision, and by extension the goddess who endowed gold, silver, and gems with their brilliance and intrinsic value. [2] Her brother-consort is Hyperion, a Titan and god of the sun, and together they are the parents of Helios (the Sun), Selene (the Moon), and Eos (the Dawn).
She married her brother Hyperion and had two children: Selene and Helios, the goddess of the moon and god of the sun, respectively. However, her other brothers murdered Hyperion, for fear that he might usurp the throne, and drowned Helios in the River Eridanus or Po in Italy. Out of love for her brother, Selene committed suicide by jumping from ...