Selene

n. female first name; goddess of the Moon (Greek Mythology)

SELENE (, moon), better known by its nickname , is the second Japanese lunar orbiter spacecraft. Produced by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science and NASDA (both organizations that are now part of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA), the spacecraft was launched September 14, 2007 UTC.
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In Greek mythology, Selene (Σελήνη, "moon"; English ) was an archaic lunar deity and the daughter of the titans Hyperion and Theia. In Roman mythology the moon goddess is called Luna, latin for "moon".Like most moon deities, Selene plays a fairly large role in her pantheon. However, Selene was eventually largely supplanted by Artemis, and Luna by Diana. In the collection known as the Homeric hymns, there is a Hymn to Selene (xxxii), paired with the hymn to Helios; in it Selene is addressed as "far-winged", an epithet ordinarily applied to birds. Selene is mentioned in Nonnus, Dionysiaca 48.581; Pausanias 5.1.4; and Strabo 14.1.6,
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Noun
1. (Greek mythology) goddess of the moon in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Luna
(hypernym) Greek deity
(classification) Greek mythology
2. a genus of Carangidae
(synonym) genus Selene
(hypernym) fish genus
(member-holonym) Carangidae, family Carangidae

n. selene, goddess of the moon (Greek Mythology)

n. Selene, female first name; goddess of the Moon (Greek Mythology)