Endymion (English spelling)

Japanese: エンディミオン(英語表記)Endymion
Endymion (English spelling)
A narrative poem based on Greek mythology by the English poet J. Keats. It consists of 4,050 lines in 4 volumes and was published in 1818. In the first volume, Endymion, the young lord of the kingdom of sheep farmers at the foot of Mount Latmos, dreams of Cynthia, the moon goddess, and sets out on a journey in search of her. The second and third volumes depict wanderings underground and under the sea, incorporating the tragic legends of Venus and Adonis, Alpheus and Arethusa, and Glaucus and Scylla. In the fourth volume, the protagonist falls in love with an Indian girl and is torn between his love for the heavens and the earth, but he discovers that the Indian girl is actually an incarnation of the moon goddess, and ascends to the heavens with the goddess. It is interpreted as an allegorical story showing that the pursuit of ideal beauty is fulfilled by the pursuit of real beauty. Keats himself famously described this work in the preface as "more of a feverish attempt than an accomplished task." J. Lyly and B. Disraeli also have works with the same name. (→Endymion)

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Japanese:
イギリスの詩人 J.キーツのギリシア神話に取材した物語詩。4巻 4050行から成り,1818年刊。第1巻ではラトモス山麓の牧羊者王国の若い君主エンディミオンが,月の女神シンシアを夢に見て恋し,彼女を求めて旅に出る。2巻,3巻は地下と海底の放浪を描き,ビーナスとアドニス,アルペイオスとアレトゥーサ,グラウコスとスキューレの悲話伝説が組込まれる。第4巻ではインドの少女に恋した主人公が,天上と地上の両対象に引裂かれて悩むが,インドの少女は実は月の女神の化身であることがわかり,主人公は女神とともに天上界へ昇っていく。理想美の探求が現実の美の追求によって成就されることを示す寓意物語と解釈される。キーツ自身がこの作品を「成就された仕事というよりは熱病的な試み」と評した序文は有名。なお J.リリーと B.ディズレーリに同名の作品がある。 (→エンデュミオン )  

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