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@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social
2025-07-14 21:29:26
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It's the Day of Selene / Luna's Day / #Monday! πŸŒ›
"They say that the Lion of Nemea fell from the moon. At any rate Epimenides also has these words: β€˜For I am sprung from fair-tressed #Selene the Moon, who in a fearful shudder shook off the savage lion in Nemea, and brought him forth …

Mosaic of a male lion. He has his maw open and his eyes are wide. The artist gave him a blonde mane.
@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social
2025-07-07 21:20:55
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It's the Day of Selene / Luna's Day / #Monday! πŸŒ›
"Selene, horned driver of cattle! Now I am both--I have horns and I ride a bull!’ So he called out boasting to the round Moon. #Selene looked with a jealous eye through the air, to see how Ampleos rode on the murderous marauding bull.…

Sculpture group of Selene, the Moon Goddess, in Her chariot drawn by bulls across the sky. She has a cloak billowing behind her and used to hold the reins and probably a riding crop.