SELENE

(Gr. the moon.) In Grecian Mythology, the godde of the moon. Her Latin equivalent was Luna. She was represented sometimes as the wife, the sister, and the daughter of Helios, the sun; and was identical with Artemis or Diana, which see. SELEN1TE. (Gr. cdnviTvc.) One of the mineralogical synonyms of crystallized sulphate of lime. [s. 1122]