The Greek word μήνη (mēnē) means both the Moon and the lunar month.[2] It represents the feminine form of the older masculine noun μήν (mēn), which in turn derives from the oblique stem of the Indo-European word *meh₁nōt ("moon; month").[3] The name of the Phrygian moon-god Men derives from the same word.[4] Further cognates include "Moon" and "Máni."
William Smith writes of Mene as "a goddess presiding over the months".[5]Apostolos Athanassakis and Benjamin Wolkow speculate that Selene's name, which is derived from the word σέλας (selas, "light") and thus means "luminous one", might have originally developed as a euphemism, before becoming the Moon and its goddess's proper name.
Hard, Robin, The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology: Based on H.J. Rose's "Handbook of Greek Mythology", Psychology Press, 2004, ISBN9780415186360. Google Books.
Kerényi, Karl (1951), The Gods of the Greeks, Thames and Hudson, London, 1951. Internet Archive.
mene, goddess, this, article, about, epithet, selene, greek, goddess, other, uses, mene, disambiguation, confused, with, deity, mene, ancient, greek, Μήνη, romanized, mḗnē, moon, month, pronounced, ːnɛː, ancient, greek, religion, greek, mythology, epithet, sel. This article is about an epithet of Selene the Greek goddess For other uses see Mene disambiguation Not to be confused with Men deity Mene Ancient Greek Mhnh romanized Mḗne lit moon month pronounced mɛ ːnɛː in ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology is an epithet of Selene the Greek lunar goddess as a goddess presiding over the months 1 Contents 1 Etymology 2 See also 3 Notes 4 References 5 External linksEtymology editThe Greek word mhnh mene means both the Moon and the lunar month 2 It represents the feminine form of the older masculine noun mhn men which in turn derives from the oblique stem of the Indo European word meh nōt moon month 3 The name of the Phrygian moon god Men derives from the same word 4 Further cognates include Moon and Mani William Smith writes of Mene as a goddess presiding over the months 5 Apostolos Athanassakis and Benjamin Wolkow speculate that Selene s name which is derived from the word selas selas light and thus means luminous one might have originally developed as a euphemism before becoming the Moon and its goddess s proper name See also editProto Indo European religion Proto Indo European language H2ewsōsNotes edit Hard p 46 Oxford Classical Dictionary s v Selene Smith s v Selene Athanassakis and Wolkow pp 90 on lines 1 2 91 on line 5 Kerenyi p 197 Beekes 2009 p 945 Oxford Classical Dictionary s v Selene Kerenyi p 197 Smith s v Mene References editAthanassakis Apostolos N and Benjamin M Wolkow The Orphic Hymns Johns Hopkins University Press 2013 ISBN 978 1 4214 0882 8 Google Books Beekes R S P 2009 Etymological Dictionary of Greek Leiden Brill p 1 945 Hard Robin The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology Based on H J Rose s Handbook of Greek Mythology Psychology Press 2004 ISBN 9780415186360 Google Books Kerenyi Karl 1951 The Gods of the Greeks Thames and Hudson London 1951 Internet Archive Smith William Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology London 1873 Mene External links editMENE SELENE from the Theoi Project nbsp This Ancient Greece related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article relating to Greek mythology is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mene goddess amp oldid 1177694966, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
