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Selene (given name)

Field	Value
name	Selene
image	Endymion and Selene by Victor Florence Pollet 1854.jpg
caption	Selene and Endymion by Victor Florence Pollett
pronunciation
gender	Female
meaning	Moon
name day	April 2
language	Greek
seealso	Helen

Selene is a female given name taken from Selene (Greek Σελήνη, , 'moon') in Greek mythology. Selene was an archaic lunar deity and the daughter of the Titans Hyperion and Theia. Her equivalent in ancient Roman religion and myth is Luna, Latin for "moon."

The etymology of Selene is uncertain, but if the word is of Greek origin, it is likely connected to the word selas (σέλας), meaning "brightness".

List of people

Notable people with the name include:

Selene Caramazza (born 1993), Italian actress
Selene Delgado (born 1996), Venezuelan model and beauty pageant titleholder
Selene Luna (born 1971), American actress, comedian, burlesque performer, and model
Selene Vigil (born 1965), American singer and musician
Cleopatra Selene (disambiguation), multiple people

Fictional characters

Selene Gallio, supervillain in Marvel Comics

References

[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus). ''Bibliotheke'' of Pseudo-Apollodorus]], 1.2.2; [[Hesiod]] gives a list of the offspring of Hyperion and Theia in ''[[Theogony]]'', lines 371ff. In the [[Homeric Hymn]] to Helios, Theia is given the name ''Euryphaessa'', the "far-shining" one, an epithet that would apply to Selene herself.
[[Karl Kerenyi. Kerenyi, Karl]] (1951) ''The Gods of the Greeks'' (pp. 19, 197). 1951.

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