Image: Sarcophagus Selene Endymion Glyptothek Munich 328

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Description: Front side of a Roman sarcophagus: Selene with the shepherd Endymion on Mount Latmos (Anatolia). Center and right: arrival of the moon goddess in love; Endymion, in eternal sleep, is moved in a cave under her control; the winged god of the sleep (Hypnos), repands on the shepherd a sleeping liquid; the mountain god, Latmos, is sit on a rock on top; Selene on her symbol animal, the cancer. Left: departure of the goddess; Mother Earth downwards; the horses of Selene are driven by Eos, goddess of Down. Many erotes. Ca. 180 CE.
Title: Sarcophagus Selene Endymion Glyptothek Munich 328
Credit: User:Bibi Saint-Pol, own work, 2007-02-08
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