Although usually the daughter of Hyperion and Theia, as in هزیود، تئوگونیا371–374, in the سرودهای هومری to Hermes (4), 99–100, Selene is instead made the daughter of Pallas the son of Megamedes.
According to هزیود، تئوگونیا507–511, Clymene, one of the اوکئانیدهاs, the daughters of اوکئانوس and Tethys, at هزیود، تئوگونیا351, was the mother by Iapetus of Atlas, Menoetius, Prometheus, and Epimetheus, while according to شبه آپولودوروس، 1.2.3, another Oceanid, Asia was their mother by Iapetus.