Difference between revisions of "Selene"

<p> (Σελήνη , the moon), a goddess worshipped by the ancient Greeks, being the personification of the moon. She is called a daughter of Hyperion and Theia, and, accordingly, a sister of [[Helios]] and Eos. She is also called Phoebe, as the sister of Phoebus, the god of the sun. In later times [[Selene]] was identified with Artemis, and the worship of the two became amalgamated. Among the Romans she was called Luna; and had a temple on the Aventine at Rome. Selene is described as a very beautiful goddess, with long wings and a golden diadem, and AEschylus called her "the eye of night." </p>

<p> In the [[Greek]] mythology the moon-goddess, the sister of Helios, and designated [[Phoebe]] as he was Phoebus; she became by [[Endymion]] the mother of 50 daughters. </p>