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Bookmark or Share- Eos - MythopediaIn the standard tradition, Eos was the daughter of the Titans Hyperion and Theia and the sister of Helios and Selene. But other sources called her mother Euryphaessa, Aethra, or Basileia (possibly alternate names for Theia), or even Nyx (the personification of night). Others called her father Pallas or Helios.
- Hecate – MythopediaHecate often appeared on “Magic Papyri,” papyrus texts produced in Egypt between 100 BCE and 400 CE that contained many obscure spells and magical formulas. Within these texts, she was usually identified with Baubo, Brimo, Persephone (or Kore), or Selene. Hecate was also invoked on curse tablets.
- Selene – MythopediaSelene’s moon chariot—similar to the sun chariot of her brother Helios and the dawn chariot of her sister Eos—was probably her most distinctive and consistent attribute. Depending on the author, the chariot was either silver, snow white, or gold. Selene began appearing in the visual arts around the early fifth century BCE.
- Endymion - MythopediaEndymion, son of Aethlius and Calyce, was a king of Elis whose remarkable beauty won him the love of Selene, goddess of the moon. In the best-known tradition, the gods caused Endymion to fall into an eternal sleep so that he would remain young and handsome forever.
- Helios - MythopediaAccording to Hesiod, Helios was the son of the Titans Hyperion and Theia and thus the brother of Selene and Eos. But other sources named his mother as Euryphaessa, [27] Aethra, [28] or Basileia [29] (possibly alternate names for Theia).
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