So you don't have to go hunting for the myth of Endymion! Jill

[jill stockinger]

From SOME website:

Endymion, in Greek mythology, a beautiful youth who spent much of his life in perpetual sleep. Endymion’s parentage varies among the different ancient references and stories, but several traditions say that he was originally the king of Elis. According to one tradition, Zeus offered him anything that he might desire, and Endymion chose an everlasting sleep in which he might remain youthful forever. According to another version of the myth, Endymion’s eternal sleep was a punishment inflicted by Zeus because he had attempted to have a sexual relationship with Zeus’s wife, Hera. In any case, Endymion was loved by Selene, the goddess of the moon, who visited him every night while he lay asleep in a cave on Mount Latmus in Caria; she bore him 50 daughters. A common form of the myth represents Endymion as having been put to sleep by Selene herself so that she might enjoy his beauty undisturbed.

[Celia Mccauley]

Hi Jill.

Just my curios mind at work. If Endymion was asleep, how did Selena managed to bore him 50 daughters? I think she was more than just enjoying his beauty undisturbed :)

On Sunday, October 8, 2023 at 02:44:50 PM PDT, jill stockinger <jills...@gmail.com> wrote:

From SOME website:

Endymion, in Greek mythology, a beautiful youth who spent much of his life in perpetual sleep. Endymion’s parentage varies among the different ancient references and stories, but several traditions say that he was originally the king of Elis. According to one tradition, Zeus offered him anything that he might desire, and Endymion chose an everlasting sleep in which he might remain youthful forever. According to another version of the myth, Endymion’s eternal sleep was a punishment inflicted by Zeus because he had attempted to have a sexual relationship with Zeus’s wife, Hera. In any case, Endymion was loved by Selene, the goddess of the moon, who visited him every night while he lay asleep in a cave on Mount Latmus in Caria; she bore him 50 daughters. A common form of the myth represents Endymion as having been put to sleep by Selene herself so that she might enjoy his beauty undisturbed.

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[Nedra Crowe-Evers]

Thanks, I know the myth. So does this mean I should find another name for the main character?

Nedra 

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