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Overview Elean King Endymion By Avi Kapach Last updated on Sep 11, 2023 Selene and Endymion by Sebastiano Ricci (1713) Chiswick House, London Public Domain Overview Endymion was a handsome mortal of Greek mythology. In what seems to have been the earliest account, he was the son of Aethlius and Calyce and eventually became the king of Elis.
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In Greek mythology, the moon goddess Selene was the lover of the mortal shepherd Endymion; their meetings could only take place at night. Poussin has chosen to represent the poignant moment when the two must part as the sun god Apollo brings in the new day, driving his chariot across the sky.
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Others, lastly, state that Selene, charmed with his surpassing beauty, sent him to sleep, that she might be able to kiss him without being observed by him. (Cic. Tuscul. 1.38.) The stories of the fair sleeper, Endymion, the darling of Selene, are unquestionably poetical fictions, in which sleep is personified.
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Found on the Via Ardeatina, on the outskirts of Rome The myth of Endymion, a beautiful shepherd who was so loved by the moon goddess Selene that she gave him eternal youth with eternal sleep, became a popular funerary motif in Roman art. Here, the moon goddess alights from her chariot to visit her reclining lover. Both this sarcophagus and another that faces the open area with a fountain in.
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Transliteration Endymiôn Latin Spelling Endymion Translation -- Selene and the sleeping Endymion, Greco-Roman mosaic, Bardo National Museum ENDYMION was a handsome shepherd-prince loved by the moon-goddess Selene. When Zeus offered him his choice of destinies, Endymion chose immortality and youth in eternal slumber.
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The tale of Endymion and Selene is one that has resonated with people for millennia. It is of course a tale that began in Ancient Greece, but the story of Endymion is one taken up with vigour by Renaissance artists and the imagery of the Moon goddesses visiting the eternal sleeping mortal was often repeated.
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The story of Endymion is shown in strongly undercut relief on the front of the sarcophagus. In the center, Selene, the moon goddess, alights from her chariot to visit her beloved, the shepherd Endymion, who reclines at the right. Endymion, most beautiful of men, has been granted eternal youth and eternal sleep.
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Endymion, in Greek mythology, a beautiful youth who spent much of his life in perpetual sleep. Endymion's parentage varies among the different ancient references and stories, but several traditions say that he was originally the king of Elis.
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Diana and Endymion by Jérôme-Martin Langlois.Source.. Selene is the pre-Olympian Titan goddess of the moon, and was regarded as the personification of the moon. When the Olympian gods became prominent, it was natural that many of the older myths were transferred to these newer gods.. The Greek goddess Artemis was the Olympian god connected to the moon, but because she was a virgin and was.
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Last Updated September 5, 2023. Endymion is Keats's transformation of an ancient story of myth. The title figure is a shepherd-prince who is loved by the goddess of the moon, Selene (or Cynthia.
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Endymion is depicted on various murals, such as at the Casa di Sirico at Pompeii, where Artemis is shown as his beloved and not Selene. In sleeping posture he can be found on sarcophagi and reliefs. He was a favorite subject in baroque paintings. There is a beautiful statue of a sleeping Endymion in the British Museum.
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The legend of Endymion in Greek mythology tells the tale of a prince or king who captured the heart of the moon goddess Selene. With various versions of the myth, Endymion is depicted as a handsome shepherd prince visited by Selene each night in a cave on Mount Latmos in Caria.
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Endymion was a handsome shepherd, hunter or king in ancient Greek mythology, who lived in the region of Elis.He was the son of Zeus, and had legendary beauty. Selene, the Titan goddess of the moon, fell in love with him, and asked Zeus to give him eternal youth. Zeus accepted her prayer and he made Endymion fall into an eternal sleep. Selene and Endymion had fifty daughters.
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The Eternal Slumber On a fateful evening, Selene, the radiant moon goddess, chanced upon a sleeping Endymion. His beauty, so profound and ethereal, ensnared her heart instantly. Overwhelmed by a love so deep and fearing the ravages of time upon his visage, she approached Zeus with a plea .
"Selene and Endymion” (detail) at Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen by Erasmus Quellin (1897
The Myth The myth of Selene and Endymion is about a rare female pursuit. The moon goddess, Selene, falls in love with the mortal Endymion. Endymion is said to be a shepherd, a hunter, or a king. Selene visited her sleeping love in the night as she rode her moon chariot across the night sky.
