Endymion

Endymion primarily refers to:

• Endymion (mythology), an Ancient Greek shepherd
• Endymion (poem), by John Keats

Endymion may also refer to:

Mythological and fictional characters

• Prince Endymion, a character in the Sailor Moon anime franchise
• Raul Endymion, a character in the Hyperion Cantos series of science fiction novels
• A Certain Magical Index: The Movie – The Miracle of Endymion, a 2013 Japanese animated film

People

• Endymion Porter, an English diplomat and royalist
• Endymion Wilkinson, a diplomat, Sinologist and historian
• Krewe of Endymion, a New Orleans Mardi Gras krewe

Titled works

Marble representation of Endymion by Antonio Canova in Chatsworth House

• "Endymion", a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
• "Endymion", a poem by Oscar Wilde
• Endymion, a painting by G.F. Watts
• Endymion (Disraeli novel), an 1880 novel by Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield
• Endymion (Simmons novel), a 1996 science fiction novel
  • The Rise of Endymion, a sequel to the above novel
• Endymion (play), by John Lyly
• Endymion Spring, a novel by Matthew Skelton
• Endymion, a sculpture by Antonio Canova

Science and technology

• 342 Endymion, an asteroid
• Endymion, in botany a synonym of the bluebell genus Hyacinthoides
• Turanana endymion, the binomial Latin name for the odd-spot blue butterfly
• Endymion (crater), on the Moon
• HMS Endymion, any of four British warships
• USS Endymion (ARL-9)

Music

• Endymion (band), a Dutch Hardcore trio (on Netherlands Wikipedia)
• Endymion, formerly Endymion Ensemble, an English chamber music group dedicated to contemporary music

See also

• Endy Sleep, a Canadian direct online-only mattress retailer named after the mythological figure