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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 .
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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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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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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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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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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, an otherwise minor character of legend, was chosen to create a connection between his descendants and kingdom and a goddess. In this way, most of the kingdoms and city-states of the ancient world were said to be founded by the children of the gods.
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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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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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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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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.
Selene and Endymion by Lynathia on DeviantArt
SELENE AND ENDYMION BY POUSSIN. The painting by Nicolas Poussin fortunately, which the standards of education the museum has acquired through have changed the somewhat during the past Founders Society, may well be few said centuries, to be and what every educated one of the most beautiful examples person in of Poussin's day - when human- this.
Selene and Endymion by VeryGood91 on DeviantArt
THE ENDYMION MYTH AND inflicts upon him,5 or an honour which he is. POUSSIN'S DETROIT PAINTING accorded. In another version, Selene inter-. cedes on behalf of Endymion and Zeus grants him one wish; he chooses eternal. The myth of Selene and Endymion* has sleep with immortality and youth.
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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.
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Mythology Selene and Endymion, by Sebastiano Ricci (1713), Chiswick House, England. Apollonius of Rhodes [5] (3rd century BC) is one of the many poets [6] who tell how Selene, the Titan goddess of the Moon, [b] loved the mortal Endymion.
Endymion Dulwich Picture Gallery
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.