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Endymion
[ en-dim-ee-uhn ]
noun
- Classical Mythology. a young man kept forever youthful through eternal sleep and loved by Selene.
- (italics) a narrative poem (1818) by John Keats.
Endymion
/ ɛnˈdɪmɪən /
noun
- Greek myth a handsome youth who was visited every night by the moon goddess Selene, who loved him
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At a little distance further, after crossing a small river near Latmus, there is seen in a cave the sepulchre of Endymion.
The Endymion is come into the Downs, which pleases him likewise.
Oh not for aye, Endymion, mayst thou unfold the purple panoply of priceless years.
Still it was a novel and animating life for Endymion; and though the sport was slight, the pursuit was keen.
His Christianity was muscular, and Endymion, to whom he had taken a fancy, became the companion of his pastimes.
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