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Endymion

Endymion

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A man in Greek myth who sleeps forever and is very beautiful
  • proper noun
  • /ɛnˈdɪmiən/
  • Literature
: Endimión
  • The mythology surrounding Endymion emphasizes his extraordinary beauty and timelessness, making him a figure of fascination.

Examples

  • The ancient Greeks believed that Endymion was so beautiful that he was granted eternal sleep by the gods.

  • Endymion wished to sleep forever on the slope of Mount Latmus so that he might revisit Selene.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • In Lyly's Endymion, when Eumenides is faced with a choice between helping his friend Endymion or winning the woman he loves, he chooses to help his friend.

    Blog text (8)

  • In Lyly's Endymion, when Eumenides is faced with a choice between helping his friend Endymion or winning the woman he loves, he chooses to help his friend.

    Blog text (8)

  • Lie with the child, murdered here in this convent, so say the rumormongers, the vampires who haunt these halls now, who have come to see the great Vampire Lestat in his Endymion-like sleep.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • In the story, Endymion's love for Selene caused him to wish for never-ending slumber on Mount Latmus.

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Endymion comes from a Greek myth about a very beautiful young man who fell into an endless sleep while the moon goddess Selene watched him. Think of him as the 'sleeping lover of the moon', which explains why he is always linked with beauty, sleep and moonlight.