Endymion

Revision History

Date	Editor	Change Summary
yesterday, 9:35 PM	Mike C	update #115
5/29/2020, 9:30 PM	Mike C	update #108
2/28/2019, 2:08 PM	Mike C	update #102
1/22/2019, 10:01 AM	Mike C	update #101
12/8/2017, 12:41 PM	Mike C	update #97
2/12/2007, 1:03 AM	Mike C	earliest recorded revision

Gender Masculine

Usage Greek Mythology

Scripts Ἐνδυμίων(Ancient Greek)

Pronounced Pron. EHN-DUY-MEE-AWN(Classical Greek) ehn-DIM-ee-ən(English)

Meaning & History

Derived from Greek ἐνδύω (endyo) 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.