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ENDYMION

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Greek Mythology

Other Scripts: Ενδυμιων (Ancient Greek)

Derived from Greek ενδυειν (endyein) meaning "to dive into, to enter". In Greek mythology he was an Aeolian mortal loved by the moon goddess Selene, who asked Zeus to grant him eternal life. Zeus complied by putting him into an eternal sleep in a cave on Mount Latmos.
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