Selene
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In ancient Greek mythology and religion, Selene is the goddess and personification of the Moon. Also known as Mene, she is traditionally the daughter of the Titans Hyperion and Theia, and sister of th
Earliest 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.
Detail of a sarcophagus depicting Endymion and Selene, shown with her characteristic attributes of lunate crown, billowing veil (velificatio) and heavenly chariot, from 3rd century AD, Roman Empire period.
Statue of Selene in white marble, second half of the 3rd century AD
Detail of Selene from a Roman sarcophagus
Asteria
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In Greek mythology, Asteria or Asterie is a daughter of the Titans Phoebe and Coeus and the sister of Leto. According to Hesiod, by the Titan Perses she had a single child, a daughter named Hecate, th
Asteria seated on a rock with a lyre and laurel wreath at her side
Asteria pursued by Zeus in the form of an eagle by Marco Liberi
Asteria and Phoebe on the Pergamon Altar, Berlin.
Zeus and Asteria in an 1707 engraving by Bernard Picart, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.