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"And Dardanos' child, #Ganymede, prince of Phrygia, the dear delight of Zeus' bed, dipped deep the bowl of gold [at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis], filling the cups for wine-offerings."
Euripides, Iphigenia …
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"Having slaughtered a male child, they mixed his bowels with the sacrifices, and set them before him, at the instigation of the elder brother Mainalos. But Zeus in disgust upset the table at the place which is still called Trapezos, and blasted Lykaon and his sons by thunderbolts, all but Nyktimos, the youngest."
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"[Constellation] Aquila. This is the eagle which is said to have snatched #Ganymede up and given him to his lover, Jove . . . And so it seems to fly above Aquarius, who, as many imagine is Ganymede."
Pseudo-Hyginus, As…
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"Then #Zeus no longer held back his might; but straight his heart was filled with fury and he showed forth all his strength. From Heaven and from Olympos he came forthwith, hurling his lightning: the bold flew thick and fast from hi…
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"In these lines Apollonios takes over what Ibykos said in his account of the abduction of #Ganymede [that he was carried off by a love-smitten #Zeus
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Enraged by #Prometheus stealing fire for the humans, #Zeus, "bound [ready-witted Prometheus] with inextricable bonds, cruel chains,…
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Happy #FathersDay to all fathers and daddies ❤️
#Zeus is the father of many of the gods and many mortals liked to trace their line…
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"[Sophokles] in his Colchian Women, speaking of Ganymede, says—
μηροῖς ὑπαίθων τὴν Διὸς τυραννίδα
Inflaming with his thighs mighty Zeus" 🔥 🌈
Sophokles' Kolchides cited in Deipnosophistaí 13.79 by Athenaios Naukrštios
🏛️ Pencil drawing of a red-figure vase painting of Zeus and Ganymedes, ca. 475-…
