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The Greek name for the Moon. Also used as a prefix or suffix to represent a quantity involving the Moon.
(Greek mythology) goddess of the moon in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Luna
Greek; Goddess of the Moon and Solutions. Appeal to Selene to bring a logical answer to any problem.
Greek moon-goddess who fell in love with Endymion.
In Greek mythology, Selene (Σελήνη, "moon"; Modern Greek pronunciation ) was an archaic lunar deity and the daughter of the titans Hyperion and Theia.Bibliotheke of pseudo-Apollodorus, 1.2.2; Hesiod gives a list of the offspring of Hyperion and Theia in Theogony, lines 371ff. In the Homeric Hymn to Helios, Theia is given the name Euryphaessa, the "far-shining" one, an epithet that would apply to Selene herself. In Roman mythology the moon goddess was Luna.
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