It's the Day of Selene / Luna's Day / #Monday! 🌛

Meet this Roman oil lamp decorated with a bust of the moon goddess Luna-Selene.

🏛️ Dated 100 CE, today in the Thorvaldsens Museum, Copenhagen

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It's the Day of Selene / Luna's Day / #Monday! 🌛

Hail, white-armed goddess, bright #Selene, mild, bright-tressed queen! Now I'll leave you and sing the glories of demigods, whose deeds poets, the servants of the Muses, celebrate with lovely lips.
Homeric Hymn 32

🎨Selene by @thepatchworkwitch@tumblr.com
https://www.tumblr.com/thepatchworkwitch/695118540014059520/hail-white-armed-goddess-bright-selene-mild

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It's the Day of Selene / Luna's Day / #Monday! 🌛

Meet this stunning pyxis depicting the day and night alternation: #Selene, the Moon, sets with her winged chariot and #Helios, the Sun, arises with his.

🏛️ Pyxis (jar) with a modern red-figure vase painting depicting Selene and Helios:
https://www.amasis-painter.gr/hellenic_ancient_art.html

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It's the Day of Selene / Luna's Day / #Monday! 🌛

Roman gold medallion of Luna, the Roman goddess and personification of the #moon. Her iconic lunar crescent is rising behind her.

🏛️ Roman gold medallion of #Luna, ca. 3rd-6th century CE, today in private hands.

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