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  Endymion, Greek Mythology Link - www.maicar.com
Endymion, the founder of Elis, was loved by Selene, and being allowed to choose anything he would, he chose to sleep for ever, remaining deathless and ageless.
Endymion is said to have deposed Clymenus 8 (son of Cardys), a descendant of Heracles 2 who came from Crete to Olympia.
Endymion is counted among the most handsome, his beauty being comparable to that of Adonis, Ganymedes, Hyacinthus 1, Hermaphroditus, Hylas, Chrysippus 2, or to that of his own son Narcissus.
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 Mythography | The Legend of Endymion in Myth and Art
Endymion was a legendary character in Greek mythology.
However, these different versions of Endymion's ancestry are much less important than the part of the myth that matters most, which is, of course, his relationship with the goddess Selene.
It is important to remember that, as a mortal, Endymion was subject to the fate that we all share - aging and eventual death.
www.loggia.com /myth/endymion.html   (416 words)

  
 Greek mythology A-M - All About Turkey
In Greek mythology, Achilles was the son of Peleus, king of the Myrmidons in Thessaly, and of the sea nymph Thetis, who rendered him invulnerable, except for the heel by which she held him, by dipping him in the river Styx.
In Greek mythology Astraea was the daughter of Zeus and Themis, the goddess of justice.
In Greek mythology Ion was the son of Apollo and the Arthenian princess Creusa, whom Apollo raped on the Acropolis.
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 Endymion - LoveToKnow 1911
ENDYMION, in Greek mythology, son of Aethlius and king of Elis.
According to others, Endymion's eternal sleep was a punishment inflicted by Zeus upon him because he ventured to fall in love with Hera, when he was admitted to the society of the Olympian gods (Schol.
Some see in Endymion the sun, setting opposite to the rising moon, the Latmian cave being the cave of forgetfulness, into which the sun plunges beneath the sea; others regard him as the personification of sleep or death (see Mayor on Juvenal x.
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 Endymion
In Greek mythology, Endymion was a handsome shepherd (or, more rarely, a king or a hunter) from Asia Minor.
Endymion had another son, Epeius, who won his father's kingdom by beating his brothers in a race.
Endymion is also the title of poems by John Keats and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/en/Endymion.html   (153 words)

  
 Endymion
Endymion is also an attempt I am making to exorcise my demons...thoughts and feelings I have been carrying around for my entire life...
Endymion was a Greek king loved by the goddess Selene...his fate was to be condemned to eternal youth while he slept.
Endymion's music is a sea of swirling darkness, without time, without place...it is the sky at night, the mocking emptiness of space above you.
www.mourningtheancient.com /endy.htm   (2962 words)

  
 The Probert Encyclopaedia - Greek &. Roman Mythology (A-M)
In the mythology of the Solomon Islands, Adaro is a sea-spirit.
In Greek mythology, Alphito was a white goddess of barley flour, destiny and the moon.
In Greek mythology, Erigone was the goddess of death, trees and fertility and associated with wine and a pastoral economy.
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 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for SELENEx
Selene, in Greek mythology and mythology, moon goddess; daughter of the Titans Hyperion and Theia and sister of the sun god Helios.
Titan in Greek religion and mythology, one of 12 primeval deities.
Artemis, in Greek religion and mythology, Olympian goddess, daughter of Zeus and Leto and twin sister of Apollo.
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 Mythology
In Greek Mythology, the moon was known as Selene (pronounced Se-leen) who drove her milk white carriage across the sky every night.
However, since she was immortal and he was a mortal, she could not really be with him, especially since she learned never to ask for immortality for a mortal from her sister Eos who had asked for the eternal life of her beloved and ended up with a grasshopper.
Endymion did sleep and as he did, he dreamed that he was holding Selene in his hands.
www.foreversenshi.50megs.com /mythology.html   (2099 words)

  
 [minstrels] A Thing of Beauty is a Joy for Ever -- John Keats
Endymion's parentage varies among the different ancient references and stories, but several traditions say that he was originally the king of Elis.
In any case, Endymion was loved by Selene, the goddess of the moon, who visited him every night while he lay asleep in a cave on Mount Latmus in Caria; she bore him 50 daughters.
In his wanderings in quest of Diana, Endymion is guilty of an apparent infidelity to his visionary moon goddess and falls in love with an earthly maiden to whom he is attracted by human sympathy.
www.cs.rice.edu /~ssiyer/minstrels/poems/770.html   (802 words)

  
 glbtq >> arts >> Subjects of the Visual Arts: Endymion
In classical mythology, Endymion was a handsome, young shepherd (sometimes king) from Elis or Caria.
Endymion was represented in ancient art as recumbent, usually nude or semi-nude, asleep, with one arm crooked behind his head.
In the funerary context, the presence of Endymion suggests the possibility of a dream-like existence beyond death.
www.glbtq.com /arts/subjects_endymion.html   (584 words)

  
 Endymion
In Greek mythology, Endymion was a handsome Aeolian shepherd or hunter, or, in the version Pausanias knew,[1] a king, who ruled Elis in Asia Minor; Endymion was the son, perhaps with Aethlius or with Zeus himself, of the nymph Calyce.
The mytheme of Endymion being not dead but endlessly asleep, which was proverbial[3] ensured that bas-reliefs of Endymion and Selene were popular subjects for sarcophagi in Late Antiquity, when after-death existence began to be a heightened concern.
The dithyrambic poet Licymnus of Chios tells a different tale[2], in which Hypnos, the god of sleep, is the one who is in love with the boy's beauty, and grants him open-eyed sleep, the better to enjoy the sight of his face.
www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Mythology/Endymion.html   (726 words)

  
 greek.htm   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In Greek mythology, Peirithous was a King of the Lapiths and a son of Ixion and Dia.
In Greek mythology, Proetus was a son of Abas and the twin brother of Acrisius.
In Greek mythology, Xuthus was a son of Helen by the nymph Orseis.
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 ENGL 250H at UMBC - Endymion
Endymion was a young prince that fell asleep in a grott after hunting on Mount Latmus.
Selene visited Endymion every night to contemplate her sleeping lover which is why "the rays of the amorous moon come to caress the sleep of mortals (Larousse.) He is also have said to be expelled by Olympus by Zeus for attempting to seduce Zeus's wife Hera.
Portia uses the reference to Endymion and Selene after she gives her little speech about how when no one is around to hear, a crow, nightengale, goose, and lark all sing just as sweetly.
userpages.umbc.edu /~rfarabau/engl250h/wiki/index.php?page=Endymion   (186 words)

  
 The Sailor Senshi Page : Mythology and Legends
In Greek mythology, the goddess of the moon is Selene, the sister of Helios, god of the son.
In Greek mythology, Endymion was a shepherd who was so beautiful that when the goddess Selene saw him, she instantly fell in love with him.
Lethe, in Greek mythology, is one of the rivers of Hades, the river of forgetfulness.
www.eternalsailormoon.org /mythology.html   (3909 words)

  
 The Allies   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Mythology: In Greek mythology, Endymion was the true love of the moon goddess Selene, who often lay down by Endymion as he slept.
Mythology: Artemis was a goddess of the moon, the hunt, and chastity.
Mythology: Helius was the son of Hyperion and Theia, two of the Greek Titans.
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 Teenreads.com -- Holiday Basket of Cheer
ENDYMION SPRING is a fine debut, and we undoubtedly can expect great things from this author in the future.
In this interview, Skelton describes the various sources from history, cultural legend and mythology he drew upon to shape the story, and discusses how he infused his characters with autobiographical elements from a difficult period in his life.
I wanted Fust to follow Endymion to Oxford, for instance, but I knew that Fust's travels took him only as far as Paris, where he died in 1466 (from the plague, allegedly) and I wasn't confident enough to alter the course of history.
www.teenreads.com /features/holiday_basket_2006/endymion_spring.asp   (3457 words)

  
 THEOI GREEK MYTHOLOGY, Exploring Mythology & the Greek Gods in Classical Literature & Art
The Theoi Project profiles each deity and creature from Greek Mythology on a dedicated page which incorporates an encyclopedia summary, quotes from a wide selection of ancient Greek and Roman literature, and illustrations from ancient art.
Analysis and commentary of the texts and interpretations of the stories and the personas of Greek mythology is currently beyond the scope of the Theoi Project.
Endymion, the eternally sleeping prince, lover of the Moon.
www.theoi.com   (673 words)

  
 Endymion (mythology) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pliny the Elder mentions Endymion as the first human to observe the movements of the moon, which (according to Pliny) accounts for Endymion's love.
The myth of Endymion was never easily transferred to ever-chaste Artemis, the Olympian associated with the Moon.
In the Renaissance, the revived moon gooddess was Diana, and the myth was attached to her.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Endymion_(mythology)   (628 words)

  
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In the Sailormoon story, Endymion is the noble prince of Earth.
Endymion is also seen in ancient Greek myths with goddess Selene (Artemis/Diana).
Endymion was one of the first humans according to Greek creation stories (so he could be regarded as a prince or king).
www.angelfire.com /anime5/minimelody/greek.html   (1196 words)

  
 Ethosworld.com • Ethos Endymion
In Greek mythology Endymion was a beautiful youth who was bestowed with the gift of eternal youth.
When taken as a natural health supplement Endymion protects and extends the functional life of the body’s key building blocks - cells, proteins, DNA and lipids.
Endymion is 100% safe and 100% hypoallergenic - it is naturally occurring in many foods and in the body itself.
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 Greek Mythology
A knowledge of classical mythology is indispensable in understanding and appreciating much of the great literature, sculpture, and painting of both the ancients and the moderns.
For almost a century and a half, Bulfinch's Mythology has been the text by which the great tales of the gods and goddesses, Greek and Roman antiquity; Scandinavian, Celtic, and Oriental fables and myths; and the age of chivalry have been known.
Most impressive is Campbell's encyclopedic knowledge of myths, demonstrated in his ability to recall the details and archetypes of almost any story, from any point and history, and translate it into a lesson for spiritual living in the here and now.
www.magicaljourneys.com /MJBookstore/greece-mythology.html   (1114 words)

  
 Endymion
Endymion was a handsome shepherd boy of Asia Minor, the mortal lover of the moon goddess Selene.
She begged Zeus to grant him eternal life so she might be able to embrace him forever.
Article "Endymion" created on 03 March 1997; last modified on 24 June 2005 (Revision 2).
www.pantheon.org /articles/e/endymion.html   (91 words)

  
 Beauty from all Directions
This suggests that the flock and the natural world are in the shepherd's mind and heart while the town, which is behind him in the perspective of the painting, is apart and detached from him.
Endymion was a handsome shepherd from Asia Minor who became the lover of the goddess Selene.
When Endymion was put to sleep, he became forever detached from Selene and an immortal life because he was unconscious.
serendip.brynmawr.edu /sci_cult/courses/beauty/web3/rusala.html   (1811 words)

  
 Endymion
In Greek mythology, he was the most handsome of men, the god of eternal youth and fertility.
The moon goddess Selene was so smitten with Endymion's beauty that she put him into a perpetual sleep so that she could kiss him whenever she wished.
In 1593, Thomas Drayton wrote "Endymion and Phoebe." John Keats composed, in 1818, an allegory entitled "Endymion".
www.endymion.org /mythology.php   (163 words)

  
 SM Snipits: FAQ - Related Mythology
In 1818, John Keats wrote his first long poem, entitled "Endymion" based on the classical legend of the mortal Endymion beloved by the moon goddess Selene, and it tells of Endymion's often despairing search for her.
Roman mythology has a great many similarities since the Romans adapted their own mythology to be more like that of the Greeks during the rule of the Roman Empire.
In Roman mythology, Gaea was identified with Tellus and Terra.
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 SELENE : Greek goddess of the moon ; mythology ; pictures : SELANA, LUNA
Sometimes she was said to drive a team of oxen and her lunar crescent was likened to the horns of a bull.
The beautiful boy was granted eternal youth and immortality by Zeus and placed in a state of eternal slumber in a cave near the peak of Lydian Mount Latmos.
By Endymion, whom she loved, and whom she sent to sleep in order to kiss him, she became the mother of fifty daughters (Apollod.
www.theoi.com /Titan/Selene.html   (5085 words)

  
 Mythology - Patmos island Greece Patmos
According to mythology, Patmos was called Letoisse and it was the island of Diana, daughter of Leto, after whom the island was named.
Selini, the moon, was in love with Endymion, who would sleep in the temple of Diana at Karia, and every time she saw him, she would light the island in the water, creating a scene of unique beauty.
According to another myth, the island was named by Neptune when he stepped on it (step: patima), thus the island was called at first "Patnos" and later "Patmos".
explorepatmos.com /Mythology   (147 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Endymion (Folklore And Mythology) - Encyclopedia
Endymion[endim´Eun] Pronunciation Key, in Greek mythology, young shepherd, loved by Selene (the moon).
Zeus consented on the condition that Endymion remain eternally asleep.
The English poets Lyly, Drayton, and Keats all wrote poems based on the legend.
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 Timeless Myths: Classical Mythology
The Classical Mythology has epics and tales of the ancient Greek and Roman myths and literatures.
Greek mythology is heavily intertwined with Greek classical literature.
Timeless Myths and the Classical Mythology were created by Bladesmaster.
www.timelessmyths.com /classical   (736 words)

  
 L-Carnosine N-Acetyl-Carnosine NAC eye drops for eyes
In Greek mythology Endymion was a beautiful youth who was bestowed with the gift of eternal youth...
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The good news is that you can now replace Carnosine naturally with a daily supplementation of Ethos Endymion which is the very purest form of L-Carnosine available anywhere.
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