Editing Selene (section)

{{Short description|Ancient Greek goddess of the Moon}}
{{About|the Greek goddess}}
{{Infobox deity
| type = Greek
| name = Selene
| image = Brygos Painter 370 10 Selene - gigantomachy (03).jpg
| image_upright = 1.2
| alt = 
| god_of = Personification of the [[Moon]]
| script_name = Greek
| script = [[wikt:Σελήνη|Σελήνη]]
| caption = Earliest known depiction of Selene in a chariot. It is said that the work portrays the moon's ascension as the [[Giants (Greek mythology)|Giants]] are beaten in the [[Gigantomachy]]. [[Attic]] red-figure [[kylix]], c. 490&ndash;480 BC, by the [[Brygos Painter]].<ref>Gury, [https://archive.org/details/limc_20210516/Lexicon%20Iconographicum%20Mythologiae%20Classicae/LIMC%20VII-1%20Oidipous-Theseus/page/n369/mode/2up p. 710].</ref>
| abode = [[Sky]]
| other_names = Mene ([[wikt:Μήνη|Μήνη]])
| animals = [[Horse]], [[bull]], [[mule]]
| planet = [[Moon]]<ref>{{cite book|title=The History and Practice of Ancient Astronomy|first=James|last=Evans|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=1998|pages=296–7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nS51_7qbEWsC&pg=PA17|access-date=2008-02-04|isbn=978-0-19-509539-5}}</ref>
| symbol = [[Crescent]], chariot, [[torch]], [[Velificatio|billowing cloak]], bull, moon
| consort = [[Endymion (mythology)|Endymion]]
| parents = [[Hyperion (Titan)|Hyperion]] and [[Theia]]
| siblings = [[Helios]] and [[Eos]]
| children = Fifty daughters, [[Narcissus (mythology)|Narcissus]], [[Pandia]], [[Ersa]], [[Horae]], [[Musaeus of Athens|Musaeus]]
| Roman_equivalent = [[Luna (goddess)|Luna]]
| equivalent2_type = Phrygian
| equivalent2 = [[Men (deity)|Men]]
}}
{{Ancient Greek religion}}

In ancient [[Greek mythology]] and [[Ancient Greek religion|religion]], '''Selene''' ({{IPAc-en|s|ɪ|ˈ|l|iː|n|iː}}; {{langx|grc|[[wikt:Σελήνη|Σελήνη]]}} {{IPA|el|selɛ̌ːnɛː|pron}} {{respell|seh|LEH|neh}}, meaning "Moon")<ref name=":lsj">''[[A Greek–English Lexicon]]'' [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0057:entry=selh/nh s.v. σελήνη].</ref> is the goddess and personification of the [[Moon]]. Also known as '''Mene''' ({{respell|MEH|neh}}), she is traditionally the daughter of the [[Titans]] [[Hyperion (Titan)|Hyperion]] and [[Theia]], and sister of the [[Solar deity|sun god]] [[Helios]] and the [[Dawn deities|dawn goddess]] [[Eos]]. She drives her moon chariot across the heavens. Several lovers are attributed to her in various myths, including [[Zeus]], [[Pan (god)|Pan]], and the mortal [[Endymion (mythology)|Endymion]]. In post-classical times, Selene was often identified with [[Artemis]], much as her brother, Helios, was identified with [[Apollo]].<ref>Hard, [https://books.google.com/books?id=r1Y3xZWVlnIC&pg=PA46 p. 46]; ''[[Oxford Classical Dictionary]]'', s.v. Selene; Morford, pp. [https://archive.org/details/classicalmytholo0000morf_8ed/page/64/mode/2up?view=theater 64], [https://archive.org/details/classicalmytholo0000morf_8ed/page/219/mode/2up?view=theater 219–220]; Smith, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=selene-bio-1&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0104 s.v. Selene].</ref> Selene and Artemis were also associated with [[Hecate]] and all three were regarded as [[lunar deity|moon and lunar goddesses]], but only Selene was regarded as the personification of the Moon itself.<ref>Smith, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=selene-bio-1&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0104 s.v. Selene]; Kerényi, [https://archive.org/details/godsofgreeks00kerrich/page/196/mode/2up?view=theater pp. 196–197]; ''[[Oxford Classical Dictionary]]'', s.v. Selene; Hard, [https://books.google.com/books?id=r1Y3xZWVlnIC&pg=PA43 p. 43]; Morford, pp. [https://archive.org/details/classicalmytholo0000morf_8ed/page/64/mode/2up?view=theater 64], [https://archive.org/details/classicalmytholo0000morf_8ed/page/219/mode/2up?view=theater 219–221].</ref>

Her equivalent in Roman religion and mythology is the goddess [[Luna (goddess)|Luna]].<ref>Smith, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=selene-bio-1&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0104 s.v. Selene]; Hard, [https://books.google.com/books?id=r1Y3xZWVlnIC&pg=PA43 p. 43].</ref>