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Sleeping Endymion. Artist: Unknown

Sleeping Endymion. Roman sculpture, after a Greek original of 2nd century BC. A fragment of a group of Selene and Endymion. According to Greek mythology, the Goddess Selene was in love with Endymion, a shepherd. She asked Zeus to grant him eternal sleep so that he would stay young and never leave her. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg.

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Sleeping Endymion. Artist: Unknown

Caption:

Sleeping Endymion. Roman sculpture, after a Greek original of 2nd century BC. A fragment of a group of Selene and Endymion. According to Greek mythology, the Goddess Selene was in love with Endymion, a shepherd. She asked Zeus to grant him eternal sleep so that he would stay young and never leave her. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg.

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Album / Heritage Images / The Art Collector

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5322 x 3300 px | 50.2 MB

Print size:

45.1 x 27.9 cm | 17.7 x 11.0 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

2ND CENTURY BC • AGRICULTURE • ANCIENT GREECE • ANCIENT GREEK • ART • ARTS • ASLEEP • CENTURY • COLOR • COLOUR • CONCEPT • COUNTRY • ENDYMION • GREECE • GREEK MYTHOLOGY • GREEK • GUY • ITALIA • ITALY • LOCATION • MALE • MAN • MARBLE • MARBRE • MEN • MYTHOLOGY • PEOPLE • PORTRAIT • POTRAIT • ROCK • ROCKY • ROMAN MYTHOLOGY • ROMAN • ROME • SCULPTURE • SHEPHERD • SLEEP • SLEEPING • STATUE • STATUES • STONE • STONES