2022年12月7日 · Selene’s moon chariot—similar to the sun chariot of her brother Helios and the dawn chariot of her sister Eos—was probably her most distinctive and consistent attribute. Depending on the author, the chariot was either silver, snow white, or gold. Selene began appearing in the visual arts around the early fifth century BCE.

to selene (1–20) And next, sweet voiced Muses, daughters of Zeus, well-skilled in song, tell of the long-winged [1] Moon. From her immortal head a radiance is shown from heaven and embraces earth; and great is the beauty that ariseth from her shining light.

2023年3月10日 · Theia appears to have been associated with heavenly bodies and other forms of light—an association that was supported by her identity as the mother of Helios (sun), Selene (moon), and Eos (dawn). The fifth-century BCE poet Pindar further connected Theia with the light that shines off of gold, as well as with athletic competitions:

2023年3月10日 · Hyperion was so closely associated with heavenly bodies that his children Helios and Selene were thought to embody the sun and the moon, respectively. The historian Diodorus of Sicily, probably inspired by this association, made the rationalizing claim that Hyperion was the first to study and comprehend astronomical phenomena. [1]

2022年12月7日 · According to Hesiod, Helios was the son of the Titans Hyperion and Theia and thus the brother of Selene and Eos. But other sources named his mother as Euryphaessa, [27] Aethra, [28] or Basileia [29] (possibly alternate names for Theia).

For Hyperion wedded glorious Euryphaessa, his own sister, who bare him lovely children, rosy-armed Eos and rich-tressed Selene and tireless Helios who is like the deathless gods. As he rides in his chariot, he shines upon men and deathless gods, and piercingly he gazes with his eyes from his golden helmet.

2023年3月9日 · Hecate often appeared on “Magic Papyri,” papyrus texts produced in Egypt between 100 BCE and 400 CE that contained many obscure spells and magical formulas. Within these texts, she was usually identified with Baubo, Brimo, Persephone (or Kore), or Selene. Hecate was also invoked on curse tablets.

2023年3月21日 · Annoyed, Selene sent a gadfly to sting the bull, who threw Ampelus and gored him to death. Ampelus’ body was then transformed into the first grapevine, which Dionysus, devastated by his lover’s death, used to make wine for the first time.

2022年12月9日 · In the standard tradition, Eos was the daughter of the Titans Hyperion and Theia and the sister of Helios and Selene. But other sources called her mother Euryphaessa, Aethra, or Basileia (possibly alternate names for Theia), or even Nyx (the personification of night). Others called her father Pallas or Helios.

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