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Endymion, in Greek mythology, young shepherd, loved by Selene (the moon). In one version of his legend, he asked Zeus for immortality and perpetual youth. 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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Endymion may be:
Fictional character:
- Endymion (mythology), Greek shepherd
- A form of Mamoru Chiba in the Sailor Moon series
Titled work:
- "Endymion", a song by New York screamo band Saetia
- "Endymion" (poem), by John Keats
- Endymion (poem), by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Endymion, 1996 science fiction novel, or its sequel, The Rise of Endymion, both within Dan Simmons's Hyperion Cantos: Endymion
- The main character of the two books, Raul Endymion
- Endymion (Disraeli), 1880 novel
- Endymion (play), by John Lyly
- "Endymion" (poem), by Oscar Wilde
- The novel Endymion Spring
Astronomy:
- Endymion (crater), on the Moon
- Endymion, asteroid 342 Endymion,
Other:
- USS Endymion (ARL-9)
- Endymion, any of four British warships HMS Endymion
- Endymion, the first character introduced in Oliver St John Gogarty's 'As I Was Going Down Sackville Street', thought to be the embodiment of old Dublin itself.
- Endymion, Krewe of Endymion in New Orleans Mardi Gras
- Genus in the Hyacinthaceae family: Endymion (genus)
- Endymion, the Excrucian Strategist Shard from Nobilis
See also
- The Hawk of Endymion, a title given to the character Mu La Flaga from Mobile Suit Gundam Seed.
"Endymion" (painting) by G.F. Watts (1817-1904)
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