![]() ![]() There is also a later suggestion that he was an astronomer: Pliny the Elder mentions Endymion as the first human to observe the movements of the moon, which (according to Pliny) accounts for Endymion's infatuation with its tutelary goddess. There is confusion over Endymion's identity, as some sources suppose that he was, or was related to, the prince of Elis, and others suggest he was a shepherd from Caria. He was also venerated and said to reside on Mount Latmus in Caria, on the west coast of Asia Minor. In Greek mythology, Endymion ( / ɛ n ˈ d ɪ m i ə n/ Ancient Greek: Ἐνδυμίων, gen.: Ἐνδυμίωνος) was variously a handsome Aeolian shepherd, hunter, or king who was said to rule and live at Olympia in Elis. Narcissus, Aetolus, Eurypyle, Eurycyda, Paeon, Epeius, fifty daughters with Selene Iphianassa or Asterodia or Chromia or Hyperippe The Sleep of Endymion by Anne-Louis Girodet (1791), Musée du Louvre, Paris. ![]()
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