Ganymede
Ganymede is a divine hero who acts as Zeus's personal cup bearer. Cicero seems to imply that either Hebe or Ganymede, who is typically seen as her successor, could serve in the role of cupbearer at the heavenly feast.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attested in the Iliad.
Relationships
- serves
- Zeus
Mentioned by
- Hera
- Hephaestus
- Hebe
- Jupiter
- Aeneas
- Juno
- Cupid
- Apollon
- Venus
- Mercury
- Vulcan
- Apollo
- Diana
- Mars
- Minerva
- Pluto
and 9 more
Sources
Source passages
“Alternatively, the Iliad presented Hebe (and at one instance, Hephaestus) as the cup bearer of the gods with the divine hero Ganymede acting as Zeus's personal cup bearer. Additionally, Cicero seems to imply that either Hebe or Ganymede, who is typically seen as her successor, could serve in the role of cupbearer at the heavenly feast.”
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“Jupiter is fondling Ganymede, who says that Jupiter's wife Juno has been mistreating him because of her jealousy.”
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“Mercury, messenger of the gods, announces Hebé, the goddess of youth, and Ganymede, cupbearer to the gods. They present Flora and Zephyr a cup of nectar and proclaim that Jupiter has given them eternal youth.”
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“In Greek mythology, Tithonus was a Trojan by birth, the son of King Laomedon of Troy by a water nymph named Strymo ("harsh"). Eos, the Greek goddess of the dawn, abducted Ganymede and Tithonus from the royal house of Troy to be her consorts.”
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