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Selene is the Greek proper name for the Moon, [157] and 580 Selene, a minor planet in the asteroid belt, is also named after this goddess. [158] Scientific study of the Moon, particularly lunar geology, is sometimes referred to as selenology, and its practitioners selenologists, to distinguish from Earth-based study.
In Greek mythology, the goddess Pandia / pænˈdaɪə / or Pandeia (Greek: Πανδία, Πανδεία, meaning "all brightness") [1] was a daughter of Zeus and the goddess Selene, the Greek personification of the moon. [2] From the Homeric Hymn to Selene, we have: "Once the Son of Cronos [Zeus] was joined with her [Selene] in love; and she ...
The Sleep of Endymion by Anne-Louis Girodet (1791), Musée du Louvre, Paris. In Greek mythology, Endymion[a] (/ ɛnˈdɪmiən /; Ancient Greek: Ἐνδυμίων, gen.: Ἐνδυμίωνος) was variously a handsome Aeolian shepherd, hunter, or king who was said to rule and live at Olympia in Elis. [1] He was also venerated and said to reside ...
In Greek literature, Eos is presented as a daughter of the Titans Hyperion and Theia, the sister of the sun god Helios and the moon goddess Selene. In rarer traditions, she is the daughter of the Titan Pallas. Each day she drives her two-horse chariot, heralding the breaking of the new day and her brother's arrival.
Myia (mythology) In Lucian of Samosata 's works, Myia ( Greek: Μυῖα, translit. Muîa, lit. "fly") is a young girl who fell in love with Endymion and was transformed by the lunar goddess Selene into a fly, a small insect bearing her name.
In Greek mythology, Tithonus (/ tɪˈθoʊnəs / or / taɪ -/; Ancient Greek: Τιθωνός, romanized:Tithonos) was the lover of Eos, Goddess of the Dawn. [ i ] He was a prince of Troy, the son of King Laomedon by the Naiad Strymo (Στρυμώ). [ ii ] The mythology reflected by the fifth-century vase-painters of Athens envisaged Tithonus as ...
This is a list of famous pairs in mythology: Lovers. Abhimanyu and Uttara Acis and ... Selene and Endymion ; Shiva and Parvati/Sati ...
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Artemis (/ ˈɑːrtɪmɪs /; Greek: Ἄρτεμις) is the goddess of the hunt, the wilderness, wild animals, nature, vegetation, childbirth, care of children, and chastity. [ 1 ][ 2 ] In later times, she was identified with Selene, the personification of the Moon. [ 3 ]