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
Hyperion (Titan)
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In Greek mythology, Hyperion was one of the Titans, the children of Uranus and Gaia. With his sister, the Titaness Theia, Hyperion fathered Helios, Selene and Eos.
Artemis and Hyperion (George Frederic Watts c. 1881) — Artemis here represents the fading moon at dawn, and Hyperion the rising sun.
