Pandia

In Greek mythology, the goddess Pandia /pænˈdaɪə/ or Pandeia (Greek: Πανδία, Πανδεία, meaning "all brightness")^[1] was a daughter of Zeus and the goddess Selene, the Greek personification of the moon.^[2] From the Homeric Hymn to Selene, we have: "Once the Son of Cronos [Zeus] was joined with her [Selene] in love; and she conceived and bare a daughter Pandia, exceeding lovely amongst the deathless gods."^[3] An Athenian tradition perhaps made Pandia the wife of Antiochus, the eponymous hero of Antiochis, one of the ten Athenian tribes (phylai).^[4]

Originally Pandia may have been an epithet of Selene,^[5] but by at least the time of the late Homeric Hymn, Pandia had become a daughter of Zeus and Selene.^[6] Pandia (or Pandia Selene) may have personified the full moon,^[7] and an Athenian festival called the Pandia (probably held for Zeus^[8]) was perhaps celebrated on the full-moon and may have been connected to her.^[9]

^ Fairbanks, p. 162. Regarding the meaning of "Pandia", Kerenyi, p. 197, says: '"the entirely shining" or the "entirely bright"— doubtless the brightness of nights of full moon.'
^ Hard, p. 46; Hymn to Selene (32) 15–16; Allen, [15] "ΠανδείηΝ", says that Pandia was "elsewhere unknown as a daughter of Selene", but see Hyginus, Fabulae Preface, Philodemus, De pietate P.Herc. 243 Fragment 6 (Obbink, p. 353).
^ Hymn to Selene (32) 15–16.
^ West, p. 19, which describes Pandia as an "obscure figure"; Tsagalis, p. 53.
^ Willetts, p. 178; Cook, p. 732; Roscher, p. 100; Scholiast on Demosthenes, 21.39a.
^ For evidence on the dating of the Hymn to Selene, see Hall 2013.
^ Cox, pp. 138, 140; Casford, p. 174.
^ Parker 2005, pp. 477–478.
^ Robertson, p. 75 note 109; Willets, pp. 178–179; Cook, 732; Harpers, "Selene"; Smith, "Pandia"; Lexica Segueriana s.v. Πάνδια (Bekker, p. 292); Photius, Lexicon s.v. Πάνδια.

[1] Fairbanks, p. 162. Regarding the meaning of "Pandia", Kerenyi, p. 197, says: '"the entirely shining" or the "entirely bright"— doubtless the brightness of nights of full moon.'

[2] Hard, p. 46; Hymn to Selene (32) 15–16; Allen, [15] "ΠανδείηΝ", says that Pandia was "elsewhere unknown as a daughter of Selene", but see Hyginus, Fabulae Preface, Philodemus, De pietate P.Herc. 243 Fragment 6 (Obbink, p. 353).

[3] Hymn to Selene (32) 15–16.

[4] West, p. 19, which describes Pandia as an "obscure figure"; Tsagalis, p. 53.

[5] Willetts, p. 178; Cook, p. 732; Roscher, p. 100; Scholiast on Demosthenes, 21.39a.

[6] For evidence on the dating of the Hymn to Selene, see Hall 2013.

[7] Cox, pp. 138, 140; Casford, p. 174.

[8] Parker 2005, pp. 477–478.

[9] Robertson, p. 75 note 109; Willets, pp. 178–179; Cook, 732; Harpers, "Selene"; Smith, "Pandia"; Lexica Segueriana s.v. Πάνδια (Bekker, p. 292); Photius, Lexicon s.v. Πάνδια.

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