Pandia

Pandia is a minor figure in ancient Greek mythology, primarily associated with the Moon. The name is usually understood to mean “all-bright” or “all-glorious,” reflecting lunar brightness. In the most common tradition, Pandia is the daughter of Zeus and Selene, the Moon goddess, and serves as a personification of the full Moon. Because sources are sparse and sometimes inconsistent, Pandia’s status as an independent deity varies: some authors treat her as a distinct lunar goddess with her own cult; others identify her with Selene or regard her as an epithet used for lunar aspects of other deities.

Evidence for a distinct cult of Pandia is fragmentary. Some ancient references suggest a lunar cult or festival associated with Pandia in certain locales, but the details are obscure and the identification of Pandia with other lunar deities complicates precise reconstruction.

In literature, Pandia is primarily invoked to emphasize lunar brightness rather than as a central mythic figure. The name survives in later lists and discussions of Greek lunar deities and epithets, and it has occasionally appeared in modern fiction and scholarly works as a literary reference to the Moon.

Overall, Pandia remains relatively obscure within Greek religion. Its principal significance lies in its lunar symbolism—especially the fullness and brightness of the Moon—within the broader context of Greek myth and worship.