Selene is a goddess of the moon. She is known to drive a chariot (like her brother, Helius). 

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Hyperion is a god of the sun, who with his mate Theia produced Helius, another sun god, Selene, goddess of the moon, and Eos, goddess of the dawn.

Hyperion, Theia, and their children Helius, Selene, and Eos

Morford, M., Lenardon, J., and Sham, M. (2014). Myths of creation. In Classical Mythology, (10th ed. pp. 61-83). Oxford University Press.

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Helius is a god of the sun like his father, Hyperion. The two are often confused or seen as one entity. The sun god is said to wait in the East, guide his team of horses across the sky from his chariot, and settle in the West, from where he sails back to the East.

Helius

Selene

Eos is the goddess of the Dawn, and an amorous deity who is known to drive a two-horsed chariot, like her sister Selene.

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