ENDYMION  , in See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• MYTHOLOGY

mythology, son of Aethlius and See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• ELIS
• ELIS, or ELEIA
• ELIS, PHILOSOPHICAL SCHOOL OF

Elis . He was loved by Selene, goddess of the See also:

• MOON (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maan, Dan. maane, &c., and cognate with such Indo-Germanic forms as Gr. µlip, Sans. ma's, Irish mi, &c.; Lat. uses luna, i.e. lucna, the shining one, lucere, to shine, for the moon, but preserves the word i
• MOON, SIR RICHARD, 1ST BARONET (1814-1899)

moon, by whom he had fifty daughters, supposed to represent the fifty moons of the Olympian festal See also:

• CYCLE
• CYCLE (Gr. KUK)^os, a circle)

cycle . In other versions, Endymion was a beautiful youth, a shepherd or See also:

• HUNTER, JOHN (1728-1793)
• HUNTER, ROBERT MERCER TALIAFERRO (r8o9-1887)
• HUNTER, SIR WILLIAM WILSON (1840-19oo)
• HUNTER, WILLIAM (1718–1783)
• HUNTER, WILLIAM ALEXANDER (1844-1898)

hunter whom Selene visited every See also:

• NIGHT

night while he See also:

• LAY

lay asleep in a See also:

• CAVE (Lat. cavea, from caves, hollow)
• CAVE, EDWARD (1691–1754)
• CAVE, WILLIAM (1637–1713)

cave on See also:

• MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

Mount Latmus in See also:

• CARIA

Caria (See also:

• PAUSANIAS

Pausanias v . 1; See also:

• OVID [PUBLIUS OvID1us NASO] (43 B.C.–A.D. 17)

Ovid, Ars am. iii . 83) . See also:

• ZEUS

Zeus See also:

• LEFT

left him See also:

• FREE

free to choose anything he might See also:

• DESIRE

desire, and he See also:

• CHOSE (Fr. for " thing ")

chose an See also:

• EVERLASTING, or IMMORTELLE

everlasting See also:

• SLEEP (0. Eng. slcepan; Ger. schlafen; cf. Lat. labi, to glide, and " slip ")

sleep, in which he might remain youthful for ever (See also:

• APOLLODORUS

Apollodorus i. q) . According to others, Endymion's eternal sleep was a See also:

• PUNISHMENT (from Lat. punire, to punish, from poena, punishment, Gr. 7rocvil)

punishment inflicted by Zeus upon him because he ventured to fall in love with See also:

• HERA

Hera, when he was admitted to the society of the Olympian gods (Schol . See also:

• THEOCRITUS

Theocritus iii: 49) . The usual See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of the See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend, however, represents Endymion as having been put to sleep by Selene herself in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order that she might enjoy his society undisturbed (See also:

• CICERO

Cicero, Tusc. disp. i . 38) . Some see in Endymion the See also:

• SUN
• SUN (0. Eng. sonne, Ger. sonne. Fr. soleil, Lat. sol, Gr. ijXior, from which comes helio- in various English compounds)

sun, setting opposite to the rising moon, the Latmian cave being the cave of forgetfulness, into which the sun plunges beneath the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea; others regard him as the personification of sleep or See also:

• DEATH

death (see See also:

• MAYOR (Lat. major, greater)
• MAYOR, JOHN EYTON BICKERSTETH (1825– )

Mayor on See also:

• JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENALIS) (c. 60-140)

Juvenal x . 318) .