Pandia

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In Greek mythology, the goddess Pandia (Πανδία; "all bright") was the personification of brightness and a daughter of Zeus and Selene. She persumably was the goddess of the full moon. Her beauty was renowned among the gods.[1]

She also had a monster as a brother, the Nemean Lion, and fifty half-sisters, the Menae. Her full sisters could be Herse and Nemea (also called daughters of Zeus and Selene in some sources[2][3]), but it is not clear if the three were separate figures, or different names for one and the same character.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Homeric Hymn 32 to Selene, 15-16
  2. ^ Alcman, Fragment 57
  3. ^ Scholia on Pindar's Nemean Ode

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