a-l-ancien-regime:Endymion and Selene (Ubaldo Gandolfi, 1694) Selene, the goddess of the moon, loved
a-l-ancien-regime:Endymion and Selene (Ubaldo Gandolfi, 1694) Selene, the goddess of the moon, loved the mortal Endymion. She asked Endymion’s father, Zeus, to grant him eternal youth so that he would never leave her. Zeus granted her wish and put him into an eternal sleep. Every night, Selene visited him where he slept. -- source link