Endymion

[ en-dim-ee-uhn ]

noun

1. Classical Mythology. a young man kept forever youthful through eternal sleep and loved by Selene.
2. (italics) a narrative poem (1818) by John Keats.

Endymion

/ ɛnˈdɪmɪən /

noun

1. Greek myth a handsome youth who was visited every night by the moon goddess Selene, who loved him

Example Sentences

Among the pipelines in which BP holds stakes are the 161-mile Mars Oil Pipeline, the 89-mile Endymion Oil Pipeline and the 115-mile Cleopatra Gas Pipeline, according to its website.

From Reuters

Madonna, Fouré said, may have purchased in 1989 a 19th-century work of art — “Diana and Endymion” by Jérôme-Martin Langlois — that went missing from the Amiens fine-art museum more than a century ago amid the heavy bombardment of World War I.

From Washington Post

The painting depicts three figures: the Roman goddess Diana, shepherd prince Endymion and a small Cupid-like figure floating between them.

From Washington Post

The artwork - Diana and Endymion by Jérôme-Martin Langlois - was exhibited from 1878 but went missing during World War One.

From BBC

In 1872, the Louvre lent the painting, “Diana and Endymion” by Jérôme-Martin Langlois, to the Picardy Museum in Amiens, France, where it remained until disappearing at some point by the end of World War I.

From New York Times