Selene, the Greek moon-goddess, a daughter of Hyperion and Theia, and sister of Helios (the Sun) and Eos (the Dawn). As sister of Helios or Phoibos ('shining') she had the name of Phæbe, and latterly was identified with Artemis, though the identification was never quite exact, as Artemis always retained her reputation for chastity, while Selene had fifty daughters by her lover Endymion and several by Zeus. She is represented by the poets as a lovely woman with long wings and a golden diadem, riding across the heavens in a chariot drawn by two white horses, cows, or mules. See Ueber Selene und Verwandtes, by W. H. Roscher (1890).
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