Selene

Ancient Greek goddess of the Moon SeleneGoddess and personification of the MoonEarliest known depiction of Selene in a chariot. It is said that the work portrays the Moon's ascension as the Giants are beaten in the Gigantomachy. Attic red-figure kylix, c. 490–480 BC, by the Brygos Painter.Other namesMene (Μήνη)GreekΣελήνηAbodeSkyPlanetMoonAnimalsHorse, bull, muleSymbolCrescent, chariot, torch, billowing cloak, bull, moonGenealogyParentsHyperion and TheiaSiblingsHelios and EosConsortEndymion, ZeusEquivalentsRomanLunaPhrygianMen Part of a series onAncient Greek religion Origins Minoan religion Mycenaean deities Mycenaean religion Sacred placesSacred islands Delos Ithaca Naxos Kythira Samothrace Crete Lemnos Sacred mountains Mount Lykaion Mount Ida (Turkey) Mount Ida (Crete) Mount Olympus Mount Kyllini Mount Othrys Sanctuaries Aornum Delphi Didyma Dion Dodona Eleusis Olympia Other Cave of Zeus Troy Deities Twelve Olympians Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Demeter Dionysus Hephaestus Hera Hermes Hestia Poseidon Zeus Other deities Alpheus Amphitrite Asclepius Boreas Circe Cybele Deimos Eileithyia Enyo Eos Erinyes Eris Eros Gaia Hades Harmonia Hebe Hecate Helios Heracles