selene

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Definition of selene in English Turkish dictionary

selenik

Yunan mitolojisindeki ay tanrıçası

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Definition of selene in English English dictionary

A female given name

The goddess of the Moon

{i} female first name; goddess of the Moon (Greek Mythology)

Latin Luna In Greek and Roman religion, the goddess that personified the Moon. Her parents were the Titans Hyperion and Theia; her siblings were Helios and Eos, the goddess of dawn. Selene fell in love with Endymion, a handsome young shepherd; Zeus cast Endymion into eternal sleep, but Selene visited him in the cave where he slept, and he fathered her 50 daughters (one for each lunar month between Olympiads) and, according to some accounts, Narcissus. In art Selene is often represented as a woman with the crescent moon on her head. As Luna she had temples in Rome on the Aventine and Palatine hills

In Greek mythology, Goddess of the Moon

(Greek mythology) goddess of the moon in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Luna

a genus of Carangidae (Greek mythology) goddess of the moon in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Luna

a genus of Carangidae

Hyphenation

Se·le·ne

Turkish pronunciation

sılin

Pronunciation

/səˈlēn/ /səˈliːn/

Etymology

[ s&-'lE-nE ] (noun.) From the Ancient Greek Σελήνη (Selēnē).