Selene
the Greek goddess of the moon.: Compare Thyone.
Also Se·le·na. a female given name.
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How to use Selene in a sentence
We will transfer the twins, Helios and Selene, the sun and the moon, from heaven to earth; they must become mortals—Greeks.
Cleopatra, Complete | Georg EbersWait till Orion thunders overhead and Selene, crowned with the crescent moon, drives up the zenith in her white-horsed chariot.
Day and Night Stories | Algernon BlackwoodGreat Artemis guarded their flocks by night; Selene kissed in love the eyes of those who slept.
Modern Painters, Volume V (of 5) | John RuskinThe natives of this country represented Bendis as a female; and supposed her to be the same as Selene, or the moon.
Hence Nonnus introduces the former begging of Selene not to envy him this happiness.
British Dictionary definitions for Selene
/ (sɪˈliːnɪ) /
the Greek goddess of the moon: Roman counterpart: Luna
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