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In Greek mythology, Selene (Σελήνη, "moon") ( Roman equivalent: Luna) was an ancient lunar goddess, daughter of Hyperion and Theia. She was eventually largely supplanted by Artemis. Though she was usually a daughter of Hyperion and Theia, Selene was occasionally described as a daughter of Zeus, or of Pallas in the Homeric Hymn to Hermes. where she is "bright Selene, daughter of the lord Pallas, Megamedes' son." Helios is more often her brother.

She loved a handsome shepherd (or, more rarely, a king or a hunter) named Endymion from Asia Minor. He was so beautiful that Selene asked Zeus to grant him eternal life so he would never leave her. Alternatively, Endymion made the decision to live forever in sleep. Either way, Zeus blessed him by putting him into an eternal sleep. Every night, Selene visited him where he was buried on Mt. Latmus near Milete , in Asia Minor. Selene and Endymion had fifty daughters including Naxos.

Though the story of Endymion is best known today, Selene also had three daughters with Zeus (including Pandia) and, according to the some sources, the Nemean Lion as well. Pan gave her a herd of white oxen.

In art, Selene was depicted as a young woman with a pale face, riding a silver chariot pulled by two horses. Often, she was shown riding a horse or bull, wearing robes and a half-moon on her head and carrying a torch.

After her brother, Helios, the sun, finished his journey across the sky, Selene began hers as night fell upon the earth.

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In the collection known as the Homeric hymns there is a Hymn to Selene Selene is described in ApollodorusApollodorus was a popular name in the ancient world. Apollodorus an Athenian painter, flourished at the end of the 5th century B. He is said to have introduced great improvements in perspective and chiaroscuro. Apollodorus of Athens, an Athenian grammaria 1.2.2; HesiodThis article discusses the Greek poet. Alternative article: Hesiod (computer system . Hesiod Hesiodos was an early Greek poet, believed to have lived around the year 700 BC. From the 5th century BC literary historians have debated the priority of Hesiod o's TheogonyTheogony is a poem by Hesiod describing the origins of the gods of Greek Mythology. For links to texts and translations see Hesiod. Hesiod's Theogony is a large-scale synthesis of a vast variety of local Greek traditions concerning the gods, organized as 371; Nonnius 48.581; Pausanias 5.1.4; and Strabo 14.1.6, among others.

The name is the root of selenology, the study of the moon that corresponds to geology. The name appears in fiction as the character Adam Selene in the novel The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein.

The chemical element Selenium was named after Selene.