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@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social
2025-11-20 20:16:47

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It's the #DayOfZeus / Jupiter's Day / Thorsday! ⚡
"Ganymedes, who excelled all men in beauty, was snatched up by the gods to serve as the cupbearer of Zeus."
Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 4.75.3
🏛️ #Zeus and

Red figure vase painting of Zeus pursuing Ganymede. Zeus is depicted as a mature, bearded man with a wreath in his hair and a himation draped over one shoulder. He holds his thunderbolt in his left and his sceptre in his right. Ganymede is turning back to look at Zeus, a large hoop in his right, his left hand raised. He is depicted as a young man with shoulder-length hair and a fillet. Both are nude.