Menae

Menae
Selene y Endimión.

En la mitología griega las Menaes eran las cincuenta diosas de los meses lunares. Eran hijas de la diosa de la luna, Selene y de Endimión un rey mortal.[1]

Cada una presidia uno de los cincuenta meses lunares cada cuatro años de Olimpiada una unidad de tiempo de medición básica para los antiguos griegos.[2]

Referencias

  1. Pausanias , Descripción de Grecia 5. 1. 4
  2. «Calendario griego».

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  • MENAE — Plin. l. 4. c. 10. Menaehon. Diodoro Sic. Siciliae oppid. mediterraneum. Ptol. Meneo vel Mineo. Vide Cluver. Sicil. Ant. l. 2. c. 9. apud Palicam urbem dirutam, 2. mill. pass. a Leontinis 12. ab Enna 36. Syracufas versus supra 30. Populi Menenii… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • Menae — In Greek mythology, the Menae (singular Mene), 50 in number, were the goddesses of the lunar months. They were the daughters of the Moon goddess Selene and Endymion, a mortal king[1]. Their individual names are not attested in any sources. Each… …   Wikipedia

  • Orconectes menae — Taxobox | name = Orconectes menae status = VU | status system = IUCN2.3 regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda subphylum = Crustacea classis = Malacostraca ordo = Decapoda familia = Cambaridae genus = Orconectes species = O. menae binomial =… …   Wikipedia

  • МЕНЫ —    • Menae,          Μέναι или Menaenum, Μέναινον, нагорный город в Сицилии, к югу от Гиблы при Lacus Palicorum, отечество и резиденция сицилийского правителя Дукетия, с падением которого исчезло и цветущее состояние города; о жителях упоминает… …   Реальный словарь классических древностей

  • Selene — In Greek mythology, Selene (Σελήνη, moon ; English IPAEng|sɛˈliːniː) was an archaic lunar deity and the daughter of the titans Hyperion and Theia. [ Bibliotheke of Pseudo Apollodorus, 1.2.2; Hesiod gives a list of the offspring of Hyperion and… …   Wikipedia

  • Pandia — In Greek mythology, the goddess Pandia ( all bright ) was the personification of brightness and a daughter of Zeus and Selene. Her beauty was renowned among the gods. She also has a monster as a brother, the Nemean Lion, and fifty half sisters,… …   Wikipedia

  • Endymion (mythology) — In Greek mythology, Endymion (polytonic|Ἐνδυμίων, also spelled Endimion) could have been a handsome Aeolian shepherd or hunter, or, even a king who ruled and was said to reside at Olympia in Elis, but he was also said to reside and was venerated… …   Wikipedia

  • Orconectes — limosus Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia

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  • Selene — Para otros usos de este término, véase Selene (desambiguación). Estatua romana de la diosa Luna/Selene. En la mitología griega, Selene (en griego antiguo Σελήνη Selếnê) era una antigua diosa lunar, hija de los titanes Hiperión y Tea. Su… …   Wikipedia Español

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