Endymion

Role: father · First appears: Book 5 · Chapter 1

Endymion was the son of Aethlius and the father of Pæon, Epeus, Ætolus and Eurycyde. The account gives several traditions about his marriage: to Asterodia, or, according to others, Chromia or Hyperippe. The Moon was said to have fallen in love with him and borne him 50 daughters.

In Book 5, Chapter 1, Endymion made his sons compete in running at Olympia for the kingdom; Epeus won, and his people were first called Epeans. In Chapter 8, Endymion deposed Clymenus and gave the kingdom to his sons as a prize for the best runner at Olympia. Amythaon was his uncle on his father’s side.

Relationship record

Life events

• Epeus won the contest and became king, causing his subjects to be called Epeans.(Book 5 · Chapter 1 · 📍 Olympia)
  • With: Epeus
  • “Endymion also made his sons contend in running at Olympia for the kingdom, and Epeus won, so the people over whom he ruled were first called Epeans.”
• Endymion deposed Clymenus from the kingdom.(Book 5 · Chapter 8)
  • With: Clymenus (son of Cardys)
  • “But Endymion the son of Aethlius deposed Clymenus from the kingdom, and gave it to his sons as a prize for the best runner of them at Olympia.”

Book 5 · Chapter 1

• parent: Aethlius “The first king in this land was they say Aethlius, the son of Zeus by Protogenea the daughter of Deucalion, and the father of Endymion.”
• courtship with Moon “The Moon was they say enamoured of this Endymion, and had by him 50 daughters.”
• married with Asterodia “But a more probable account is that Endymion married Asterodia, others say Chromia the daughter of Itonus the son of Amphictyon, others say Hyperippe the daughter of Arcas, and had three sons, Pæon and Epeus and Ætolus, and one daughter Eurycyde.”
• married with Chromia “But a more probable account is that Endymion married Asterodia, others say Chromia the daughter of Itonus the son of Amphictyon, others say Hyperippe the daughter of Arcas, and had three sons, Pæon and Epeus and Ætolus, and one daughter Eurycyde.”
• married with Hyperippe “But a more probable account is that Endymion married Asterodia, others say Chromia the daughter of Itonus the son of Amphictyon, others say Hyperippe the daughter of Arcas, and had three sons, Pæon and Epeus and Ætolus, and one daughter Eurycyde.”
• child: Pæon “Endymion married Asterodia, others say Chromia the daughter of Itonus the son of Amphictyon, others say Hyperippe the daughter of Arcas, and had three sons, Pæon and Epeus and Ætolus, and one daughter Eurycyde.”
• child: Epeus “Endymion married Asterodia, others say Chromia the daughter of Itonus the son of Amphictyon, others say Hyperippe the daughter of Arcas, and had three sons, Pæon and Epeus and Ætolus, and one daughter Eurycyde.”
• child: Ætolus “Endymion married Asterodia, others say Chromia the daughter of Itonus the son of Amphictyon, others say Hyperippe the daughter of Arcas, and had three sons, Pæon and Epeus and Ætolus, and one daughter Eurycyde.”
• child: Eurycyde “And the kingdom of the Epeans was reigned over by Eleus, the son of Eurycyde, the daughter of Endymion and (if we may believe the tradition) Poseidon.”
• admirer: Moon “The Moon was they say enamoured of this Endymion, and had by him 50 daughters.”

Book 5 · Chapter 3

• child: Ætolus (Parent-to-child.) “Ætolus the son of Endymion”

Book 5 · Chapter 8

• with Clymenus (son of Cardys) (Endymion deposed Clymenus) “But Endymion the son of Aethlius deposed Clymenus from the kingdom”
• parent: Aethlius “Endymion the son of Aethlius”
• elder kin: Amythaon “Amythaon the son of Cretheus, uncle of Endymion on the father’s side”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.