Endymion Platonic Beauty Sleep

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~ ENDYMION  id+ | PLATONIC LOVE |
            id+ | "BEAUTY SLEEP"|
  myth> DIANA SELENE SELENA or ARTEMIS PERSONIFIED
        CHASTITY as well as the      see> CASTRATE
        CHASE                        see> CATCH
  ARTEMIS FELL IN LOVE WITH THE SHEPHERD ENDYMION
  FROM MOUNT LATMOS  HIS BEAUTY ATTRACTED ARTEMIS
  WHO PUT ENDYMION TO SLEEP FOR EVER TO PRESERVE
  HIS BEAUTY
  ENDYMION SLEPT IN CAVE ON MOUNT LATMUS IN CARIA
  lit+ " ... AND NIGHT AFTER NIGHT
             SHE LAY DOWN BESIDE HIM AS HE SLEPT ..."
  biol> ENDYMION is remembered by the name of many plants
  art> THIS ROMANTIC STORY OF PURE LOVE
       INSPIRED MANY ARTISTS, AMONG THEM
  GIRODET TRIOSON (1767-1824) WHO STUDIED WITH DAVID
  AND WHO PAINTED A REALISTIC ROMANTIC SCENE
  SHOWING A BRIGHT LIGHT CAST BY EROS INTO THE
  WOODLAND CAVE WHERE ENDYMION SLEEPS
  IN 1701 EXCAVATIONS OF THE CAPITOLINE IN ROME
  EXPOSED FEW REMNANTS OF A LARGE WORK IN MARBLE
  FOCUSED ON ENDYMION
  lit+ KEATS WROTE "ENDYMION"