"He has this haughty symbol on his shield: a well-crafted sky, ablaze with stars, and the brightness of the full moon (panselene) shining in the center of the shield, the moon that is the most revered of the stars, the eye of night."
Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 389
🏛️ Luna-Selene, relief on the pediment at the Roman Baths
Greetings, myth lovers! Join us on #Monday for the theme #mirrors in #mythology. Which myths feature mirrors, both crafted and natural? Tell us a story in your toot and tag us, using the hashtag #MythologyMonday. See you tomorrow!
Join us #Monday for the theme #religion and #faith in #mythology. Which myths feature religious rituals or faith in gods or goddesses? Tell us a story in your toot and tag us with #MythologyMonday. See you tomorrow!
"May you [#Luna, the Moon] wear a shining face and, the clouds all scattered, fare on with undimmed horns; when you drive your car through the nightly skies."
Seneca, Phaedra 417
Join us #Monday for the theme: Serpents.🐍Which myths feature a #serpent or #snake? Write out a story and tag us with #MythologyMonday. See you tomorrow!
#Selene, the Moon, peeks down from the heavens on her nightly course and sometimes she sees handsome men from up there. For #Endymion, she descended from the skies to have a better look at him in his sleep. Creepy or romantic? What do you think?
🏛️ Selene and Endymion #fresco in the House of Ara Massima, #Pompeii
"You [Helios the Sun], greatest glory of the unclouded sky [...] and you, his sister, ever faring opposite to your brother, Phoebe [Selene the Moon], night-wanderer."
Seneca, Oedipus 250
"May you [#Luna-Selene the Moon] wear a shining face and, the clouds all scattered, fare on with undimmed horns; when you drive your car through the nightly skies."
Seneca, Phaedra 417 ff
🏛️ #Selene in her chariot drawn by bulls across the sky, about 1st CE, British Museum
Hello, Myth Lovers! Join us for #Monday's theme: BONES. How are bones featured in mythology? Use the hashtag #MythologyMonday and write out a story. See you soon! 🦴🦴🦴
"Swelled like young Mene's [Selene's] arching chariot-rail when high over Okeanos' fathomless-flowing stream she rises, with the space half filled with light betwixt her bowing horns."
Quintus Smyrnaeus, Fall of Troy 1.147
Sculpture of #Selene carved from a cylinder of coarse-grained marble. It shows no traces of reworking. The right hand, which may have held a torch, is missing. She probably adorned a sanctuary, perhaps a domestic one.
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🏛️ Statue of Selene, white marble (Proconnesio), dated 250-300 CE
Hello, Myth Lovers! Join us for #Monday's theme: Fruits, Nuts, and Seeds. Which myths feature a fruit or nut as part of the story? Write out a tale and tag us with #MythologyMonday. See you on December 4 🌰
"As wind rises, golden Phoebe [Luna-Selene] ever blushes. But if at her fourth rising--for that is our surest guide--she pass through the sky clear and with undimmed horns, then all that day, and the days born of it to the month's end, shall be free from rain and wind."
Virgil, Georgics 1. 426
🏛️ Roman oil lamp decorated with the goddess #Luna