Selene

Also known as: Moon · Family: celestial · Role: goddess · First appears: Apollodorus, Library 1.2

Life events

• Hyperion and Thia produced Dawn, Sun, and Moon.(Apollodorus, Library 1.2)
  • With: Hyperion Theia Eos Helius
  • “to Hyperion and Thia were born Dawn, Sun, and Moon;”
• Theia bears Helius, Selene, and Eos to Hyperion.(Hesiod, Theogony 295-404)
  • With: Theia Hyperion Helius Eos
  • “And Theia was subject in love to Hyperion and bare great Helius (Sun) and clear Selene (Moon) and Eos (Dawn) who shines upon all that are on earth and upon the deathless Gods who live in the wide heaven.”

Apollodorus, Library 1.2

• parent: Hyperion “to Hyperion and Thia were born Dawn, Sun, and Moon”
• parent: Theia “to Hyperion and Thia were born Dawn, Sun, and Moon”

Apollodorus, Library 1.6

• with Zeus (Zeus forbade Moon to shine.) “But Zeus forbade the Dawn and the Moon and the Sun to shine”

Hesiod, Theogony 295-404

• parent: Hyperion “And Theia was subject in love to Hyperion and bare great Helius (Sun) and clear Selene (Moon)”

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Extracted from the original text of Greek Mythology. Made with Rho MD.