Endymion

Details

Instance of

mythological Greek character

Sex or gender

male

Father

Aethlius, Zeus

Mother

Calyce, Phoenissa

Spouse

Chromia, Asterodeia, Hyperippe, Selene

Child

Aetolus, Epeius, Eurycyda, Paeon

Position held

king of Elis

depicted by

Endymion statue at Olympia, Diana and Endymion or Venus and Adonis

described by source

Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary, Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), The New Student's Reference Work, Pauly–Wissowa

native label

Ἐνδυμίων

place of burial

Tomb of Endymion (Olympia)

unmarried partner

Selene, mother of Aetolus

worshipped by

Greek mythology

Connected on Wikidata

Authority files