Selene

                                                                         Goddess of the Moon   

 

 

 

Selene was the titan goddess of the moon. Many drawings show her as a woman either riding on a horse or in a chariot carried by a pair of winged steeds. Her lunar sphere or crescent was represented as either a crown set upon her head or as a raised, shining cloak. Sometimes she was said to drive a team of oxen, and her crown was instead the horns of a bull. Selene's lover was the shepherd prince, Endymion. This boy was granted immortality by Zeus and put in a state of eternal sleep in a cave near the peak of Lydian Mount Latmos. A number of other goddesses were also associated with the moon. However, only Selene was represented by the old Greek poets  as the moon incarnate.