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单词 endymion
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Endymion

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En·dym·i·on

E0141000 (ĕn-dĭm′ē-ən)n. Greek Mythology A handsome young man whom Selene loved and whose youth was preserved by eternal sleep.

Endymion

(ɛnˈdɪmɪən) n (Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth a handsome youth who was visited every night by the moon goddess Selene, who loved him

En•dym•i•on

(ɛnˈdɪm i ən)

n. (in Greek myth) a handsome youth loved by the goddess Selene.
Translations

Endymion

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Endymion

(ĕndĭm`ēən), in Greek mythology, young shepherd, loved by Selene (the moon). In one version of his legend, he asked Zeus for immortality and perpetual youth. Zeus consented on the condition that Endymion remain eternally asleep. The English poets Lyly, Drayton, and Keats all wrote poems based on the legend.

Endymion

man kept immortally youthful through eternal sleep. [Gk. Myth.: Howe, 91; Br. Lit.: “Endymion” in Harvey, 271]See: Agelessness

Endymion

name of man in the moon. [Gk. Myth.: Brewer Dictionary, 376–377]See: Moon

Endymion

man kept immortally youthful through eternal sleep. [Gk. Myth.: Howe, 91]See: Sleep
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