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Encyclopedia > Endymion

Endymion may be:


Fictional character:

Titled work: In Greek mythology, Endymion was a handsome shepherd (or, more rarely, a king or a hunter) from Asia Minor. ... Mamoru Chiba , Darien in the English versions) is the primary male protagonist of the Sailor Moon metaseries. ... Sailor Moon , officially translated as Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon) is the title of a famous media franchise created by Japanese manga artist Naoko Takeuchi. ...

Astronomy: Endymion is a poem by John Keats, It begins, famously, with the line A thing of beauty is a joy forever. In this epic, Keats takes the tale of Endymion, the shepherd who falls in love with Selene, the moon goddess, and adds the details to their story. ... Endymion is the third science fiction novel by Dan Simmons in his Hyperion Cantos fictional universe. ... Hyperion The Hyperion Cantos form a tetralogy of science fiction novels by Dan Simmons. ... Endymion is a novel published in 1880 by Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, the former Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. ...

Other: Endymion is a lunar crater that lies near the northeast limb of the Moon. ... 342 Endymion is a large Main belt asteroid. ...

  • Endymion, any of four British warships HMS Endymion
  • Endymion, the first character introduced in Oliver St John Gogarty's 'As I Was Going Down Sackville Street', thought to be the embodiment of old Dublin itself.
  • Endymion, Krewe of Endymion in New Orleans Mardi Gras
  • Genus in the Hyacinthaceae family: Endymion (genus)

Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Endymion after the Greek hero Endymion. ... The Krewe of Endymion is the largest of the krewes participating in New Orleans Mardi Gras. ... See genus (mathematics) for the use of the term in mathematics. ... Genera Albuca Alrawia Amphisiphon Androsiphon Bellevalia Botryanthus Bowiea Brachyscypha Brimeura Chionodoxa x Chionoscilla Daubenya Dipcadi Drimia Drimiopsis Eucomis Fortunatia Galtonia Hastingsia Hesperocallis Hyacinthella Hyacinthoides Hyacinthus Lachenalia Ledebouria Leopoldia Litanthus Massonia Muscari Muscarimia Neopatersonia Ornithogalum Polyxena Pseudogaltonia Pseudomuscari Puschkinia Rhadamanthus Rhodocodon Schizobasis Schoenolirion Scilla Sypharissa Thuranthos Urginea Veltheimia Whiteheadia The Hyacinthaceae... Species Hyacinthoides hispanica Hyacinthoides italica Hyacinthoides non-scripta Spanish bluebells. ...

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Endymion (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (285 words)
Endymion is also the name of a Dan Simmons science fiction novel, the third in the Hyperion Cantos.
Endymion is the title of a novel by Benjamin Disraeli, published in 1880.
Endymion was an incredibly obscure funeral doom/death band from Austin, Texas who released a tape called "Apocrypha" in 1999.
Hyperion Cantos - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1611 words)
Similarly, the title of the third novel, "Endymion", is taken from a Keats poem of the same name.
The main task is to rescue and protect Aenea (whose name may derive from Aeneas), a messiah coming from the distant past via time travel and the daughter of Brawne Lamia (a character from the two previous works).
Raul Endymion saves her and escapes, but is pursued by the warped and changed Church's troops.
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