Endymion (mythology)
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In Greek mythology, Endymion was variously a handsome Aeolian shepherd, hunter, or king who was said to rule and live at Olympia in Elis. He was also venerated and said to reside on Mount Latmus in Caria, on the west coast of Asia Minor.
The Sleep of Endymion by Anne-Louis Girodet (1791), Musée du Louvre, Paris.
Endymion as hunter (with a dog), sitting on rocks in a landscape, holding two spears, looking at Selene who descends to him. Antique fresco from Pompeii.
Selene and Endymion, by Sebastiano Ricci (1713), Chiswick House, England.
Diana and Endymion by Jérôme-Martin Langlois, c. 1822
Shepherd
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A shepherd or sheepherder is a person who tends, herds, feeds, or guards flocks of sheep. Shepherd derives from Old English sceaphierde. Shepherding is one of the world's oldest occupations; it exists in many parts of the globe, and it is an important part of pastoralist animal husbandry.
Shepherds travelling in Chambal, India
Shepherd with grazing sheep in Făgăraș Mountains, Romania
Middle Age livestock shelter or paridera in a natural cave in Piedra River in the monk's old path from the monastery to the roe deer salt ponds, Aragon, Spain
Shepherd's crook