Selene was the Titan-goddess of the moon in ancient Greek mythology. She was a daughter of Hyperion and Theia who rode through the sky at night in a chariot drawn by winged horses. She fell in love with a shepherd prince called Endymion. Having learned from her sister Eos not to ask for immortality for her lover, she asked Zeus to grant him eternal youth but in a state of eternal sleep so that he would never leave her. He was placed in a cave near the peak of Mount Latmos in Lydia and Eos descended to consort with him in the night.
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| | Primordial Deities | Aether • Chaos • Erebus • Eros • Gaia • Nyx • Tartarus • Uranus | | | Titans | | | | Titanides: | Mnemosyne • Phoebe • Rhea • Tethys • Theia • Themis | | | Offspring: | Asteria • Atlas • Eos • Epimetheus • Helios • Leto • Menoetius • Prometheus • Selene | | | Olympians | Aphrodite • Apollo • Ares • Artemis • Athena • Demeter • Dionysus • Hades • Hebe • Hephaestus • Hera • Hermes • Hestia • Persephone • Poseidon • Zeus | | | Other Deities | Asclepius • Pan • Nymphs • Erinyes | | | Monsters | Cyclopes • Charybdis • Gorgon • Graeae • Harpies • Medusa • Polyphemus • Scylla | | | Muses | Calliope • Clio • Erato • Euterpe • Melpomene • Polyhymnia • Terpsichore • Thalia • Urania |
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