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Endymion, son of Aethlius and Calyce, was a king of Elis whose remarkable beauty won him the love of Selene, goddess of the moon. In the best-known tradition, the gods caused Endymion to fall into an eternal sleep so that he would remain young and handsome forever.
Selene asked that Endymion be allowed to sleep forever so that he would remain eternally young and beautiful. According to a tradition that seems to have originated with the poet Licymnius of Chios, Hypnos also fell in love with Endymion and was the one who brought about the young man’s eternal slumber.
Selene and Endymion by Sebastiano Ricci (1713). Chiswick House, London, UK. Wikimedia Commons Public Domain. In other versions, Endymion was actually taken to Mount Olympus. But while there, he committed some transgression (usually, he was said to have fallen in love with Zeus’ wife Hera). As punishment, he was either thrown out of Olympus or ...
Lucan: In one of the Dialogues of the Gods (second century CE), Aphrodite and Selene discuss their affairs with Adonis and Endymion, respectively. Antoninus Liberalis: The myth of Adonis is summarized in the Metamorphoses (second or third century CE).
Phoebe was a Greek Titan better known for her descendants than for her own exploits. Her daughter Leto went on to have an affair with Zeus and gave birth to the powerful Olympians Apollo and Artemis.
One unnamed Naiad married Endymion—best known as the lover of the moon goddess Selene—and gave him a son, Aetolus, who went on to name the region of Aetolia after himself. Another Naiad (also unnamed) married Magnes, the king of Magnesia.
Hesiod says that Endymion was the son of Aethlius the son of Zeus and Calyce, and received the gift from Zeus: “(To be) keeper of death for his own self when he was ready to die.” 9. The two sons of Actor and Molione... Hesiod has given their descent by calling them after Actor and Molione; but their father was Poseidon.
TO SELENE (1–20) And next, sweet voiced Muses, daughters of Zeus, well-skilled in song, tell of the long-winged Moon.
Arachne was a young Lydian woman of humble background who became renowned for her skills as a weaver. She had the hubris to challenge Athena to a weaving contest, which ended with her death and subsequent transformation into a spider.