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What does Endymion mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word Endymion? Here's what it means.

Proper noun
  1. (Greek) A man described variously as a handsome Aeolian shepherd, hunter, or king, who was loved by Selene or Artemis (the two being often conflated) and was said to rule and live at Olympia in Elis, as well as venerated and said to reside in Caria, southwest Asia Minor, on Mount Latmus.
  2. (astronomy) 342 Endymion, an asteroid.
  3. (astronomy) A crater on the Moon.
Name
  1. A male given name of Greek origin.
    1. (meaning, history) A beautiful youth from mythology.
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She lays close to the Endymion, between her and the Cleopatra, just to the eastward of the sheer hulk.
At noon, Endymion, being the much better sailer, was close-hauled, outpacing her squadron and leaving them behind.
In spring 1818 the poet John Keats spent several weeks in Teignmouth and completed his epic poem Endymion here.
The Endymion is come into the Downs, which pleases him likewise.
Endymion stood up and walked in front of a detailed mural of the Known Universe.
His Endymion, 1818, though disfigured by mawkishness and by some affectations of manner, was rich in promise.

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