", Nonnus, Dionysiaca 2. . "The Latmian hunter [Endymion], while his comrades are yet scattered in troops about the glens, rests in the summer shade, fit lover for a goddess, and soon Luna (the Moon) [Selene] comes with veiled horns. § 1.) Be ready to endure as much trouble as I have, and when you are weary with lovebegetting anxiety, remember lovewounded Selene.’", Nonnus, Dionysiaca 5. When he was given a wish of his choice by Zeus, he chose to remain immortal and unaging in eternal sleep. Others again say that he expelled Clymenus from the kingdom of Elis, and introduced into the country Aeolian settlers from Thessaly. Zeus accepted her prayer and he made Endymion fall into an eternal sleep. Selene was enamored with Endymion and asked Zeus if he would grant Endymion with eternal youthfulness. 28 ff (trans. 127 ff (trans. In “The Library,” a selection of myths collected by Apollodorus, the myth grows more detailed. (Paus. Endymion will not have thee austere of heart. "Shining Eos carried off Orion for a bridegroom, and Selene Endymion. NOTES Goold) (Roman elegy C1st B.C.) Endymion is identified as the founder of the Greek city of Elis, his parents are named and he is described as being beautiful. The stories of the fair sleeper, Endymion, the darling of Selene, are unquestionably poetical fictions, in which sleep is personified. Aldrich) (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.) : ", Quintus Smyrnaeus, Fall of Troy 10. "White Selene (the Moon) . Endymion was a handsome shepherd, hunter or king in ancient Greek mythology, who lived in the region of Elis. 57) (trans. His eternal sleep on Latmus is assigned to different causes in ancient story. For Apis, the son of Jason, from Pallantion in Arkadia, was run over and killed by the chariot of Aitolos at the games held in honor of Azan. A man of unrivaled beauty, he was loved by Selene (the Moon). ], Theocritus, Idyll 3. ENDYMION (Endumiôn), a youth distinguished for his beauty, and renowned in ancient story by the perpetual sleep in which he spent his life. 4. "It was naked that Endymion enraptured Phoebus's sister [Luna-Selene] and naked, they say, lay with the goddess. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C8th or 7th B.C.) ", Clement, Exhortations 2 (trans. There are nearly one hundred different version of the Selene and Endymion scene in marble sarcophagi relief. Endymion was a shepherd who lived in Greece on Mount Latmos. 271) a son of Aetolus. i. 3 - 9 (trans. . [3.1] NARKISSOS (by Selene) (Nonnus Dionysiaca 48.582). Miller) (Roman tragedy C1st A.D.) : ); others relate that he was received among the gods of Olympus, but as he there fell in love with Hera, Zeus, in his anger, punished him by throwing him into eternal sleep on mount Latmus. 44 ff (trans. ", Nonnus, Dionysiaca 7. to C1st A.D.) : Virgil, Georgics 3. Source: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. In some versions, Zeus wanted to punish Endymion for daring to show romantic … Greek Lyric IV) (Greek lyric C5th B.C.) He was the son of Zeus, and had legendary beauty. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C8th or 7th B.C.) [N.B. But the kingdom of the Epeians fell to Eleios, the son of Eurykyda, daughter of Endymion and, believe the tale who will, of Poseidon. 7. He learned to drive the team of night and to wheel in narrower circuit, while the axle groaned beneath the car's heavier weight; nor did the nights keep their accustomed length, and with belated dawning came the day. Mozley) (Roman epic C1st A.D.) : [1.1] AETHLIOS & KALYKE (Hesiod Catalogues Frag 8, Apollodorus 1.56) Whitbread) (Late Roman writer C5th or 6th A.D.) : Oinomaos (Oenomaus) was the son of Alxion . This man in turn fathered Augeias (Augeas), the famous Eleian king who cheated Herakles out of his reward for cleaning the stables. iii. That night Selene went to Zeus and asked if Endymion could be granted eternal youth and eternal life. And he cites as evidence of all this two inscriptions, the one at Therma in Aitolia (where it is their ancestral custom to hold their elections of magistrates), engraved on the base of the statue of Aitolos :--‘Founder of the country, once reared beside the eddies of the Alpheios (Alpheus), neighbor of the race-courses of Olympia, son of Endymion, this Aitolos has been set up by the Aitolians as a memorial of his valor to behold.’ . Rhod. 4.40, Cicero De finibus 5.20.55, Cicero Tusc. We see Selene approaching her beloved but we never actually see the two embrace. He told his sons that they should run a race and the winner would get the throne; Epeius won and became the ruler of the region; one of his brothers, Aetolus, remained at home, while Paeon angry that he had lost went into self-exile. . When the family colonised the Peloponessos, Endymion settled the lands north of the river Alpheios, and Salmoneus the lands south. ", Seneca, Phaedra 786 ff : Keats based the poem on the Greek myth of Endymion, the shepherd beloved of the moon goddess Selene. Theoi Project © Copyright 2000 - 2017 Aaron J. Atsma, Netherlands & New Zealand, (Hesiod Catalogues Frag 8, Apollodorus 1.56). 83, Trist. "[The ancestry of Endymion.] "Selene, Endymion's bed-fellow. ", Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 19 (trans. Selene was enamored with Endymion and asked Zeus if he would grant Endymion with eternal youthfulness. 7. 516 ff : He was the son of Zeus, and had legendary beauty. 56 : . Though the composition is similar, no version is an exact replica of another. 390 ff (trans. i. ENDYMION (Endumiôn), a youth distinguished for his beauty, and renowned in ancient story by the perpetual sleep in which he spent his life. "[A rustic sings of mortals loved by goddesses :] When Adonis o'er the sheep in the hills his watch did keep, Aphrodite (the love-dame) proved so wild a wooers, e'en in death she clips him to her. He was sometimes confounded with the sun-god Helios. When Zeus offered him his choice of destinies, Endymion chose immortality and youth in eternal slumber. There is a beautiful statue of a sleeping Endymion in the British Museum. 3. § 2.) Others with greater probability say that Endymion took a wife Asterodia--others say she was Khromia (Chromia), the daughter of Itonos (Itonus), the son of Amphiktyon; others again, Hyperippe, the daughter of Arkas (Arcas)--but all agree that Endymion begat Paion (Paeon), Epeios (Epeus), Aitolos (Aetolus), and also a daughter Eurykyda (Eurycyda). Campbell, Vol. Those who exaggerate his glory give a turn to the name Eleios and make Helios (the Sun) to be the father of Augeas. [1.2] AETHLIOS (Pausanias 5.1.3) . Selene (the Moon), they say, fell in love with this Endymion and bore him fifty daughters. "The radiant goddess [Luna-Selene the Moon] of the darksome sky burned with love [for Endymion] and, forsaking the night, gave her gleaming chariot to her brother [Helios the sun] to guide in fashion other than his own. "I shall now speak of his [Zeus'] adulteries. Showerman) (Roman poetry C1st B.C. ", Theocritus, Idyll 20. There he killed the men who had welcomed him, Doros (Dorus), Laodokos (Laodocus), and Polypoites (Polypoetes), sons of Phthia and Apollon; and called the land of Aitolia (Aetolia) after himself. One tradition represents him as a son of Perseus and the heir of King Pelops, another makes him a grandson of King Endymion. ", Nonnus, Dionysiaca 41. 38.) "Aphrodite : What is this I hear about you, Selene? Not even the fruit of your womb is spared by the goad of love! vi. . 9 : . *** Amarynkeus received a quarter of the kingdom of Augeias. Jones) (Greek geographer C1st B.C.
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