Selene

Pronunciation

• RP enPR: sÄ•lēʹnÄ­, IPA: /sɛˈliːnɪ/

Origin

From Ancient Greek Σελήνη.

Full definition of Selene

Proper noun

1. (Greek god) The goddess of the Moon; daughter of Hyperion and Theia, sister of Helios and Eos, mother of the Menae, (the goddesses of the lunar months within a olympiad). Her Roman counterpart is Luna.
2. (rare) .
3. (poetic) the moon

Related terms

• Selena
• selenography
• selenology
• selenium
• selenite

Coordinate terms

• Greco-Roman Moon Goddesses:
• Artemis
  Diana
• Hecate
  Trivia
• Theia
• Phoebe
• Pandia
• the Menae