GANYMEDE  , in See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• MYTHOLOGY

mythology, son of Tros, See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of Dardania, and See also:

• CALLIRRHOE

Callirrhoe . He was the most beautiful of mortals, and was carried off by the gods (in the later See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story by See also:

• ZEUS

Zeus himself, or by Zeus in the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of an See also:

• EAGLE (Fr. aigle, from the Lat. aquila)

eagle) to See also:

• OLYMPUS

Olympus to serve as See also:

• CUP (in O.E. cuppe; generally taken to be from Late Lat. cuppa, a variant of Lat. cupa, a cask, cf. Gr. KuaeXXov)

cup-See also:

• BEARER

bearer (See also:

• APOLLODORUS

Apollodorus iii . 12; See also:

• VIRGIL (PUBLIUS VERGILIUS MARC)
• VIRGIL, POLYDORE (c. 1470-1555)

Virgil, Aeneid, v . 254; See also:

• OVID [PUBLIUS OvID1us NASO] (43 B.C.–A.D. 17)

Ovid, Metam. x . 255) . By way of See also:

• COMPENSATION (from Lat. compensare, to weigh one thing against another)

compensation, Zeus presented his See also:

• FATHER

father with a team of immortal horses (or a See also:

• GOLDEN

golden See also:

• VINE

vine) . Ganymede was afterwards regarded as the See also:

• GENIUS (from Lat. genere, gignere)

genius of the fountains of the See also:

• NILE
• NILE, BATTLE OF THE
• NILE, SOBAT

Nile, the See also:

• LIFE

life-giving and fertilizing See also:

• RIVER

river, and identified by astronomers with the See also:

• AQUARIUS (the " Water-bearer " or " Cup-bearer ")

Aquarius of the See also:

• ZODIAC (o i'w&arcds rvKcXor, from d,&ov, " a little animal ")

zodiac . Thus the divinity that distributed drink to the gods in See also:

• HEAVEN (0. Eng. hefen, heofon, heofone; this word appears in O.S. hevan; the High. Ger. word appears in Ger. Himmel, Dutch hemel; there does not seem to be any connexion between the two words, and the ultimate derivation of the word is unknown; the sugges

heaven became the genius who presided over the due See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply of See also:

• WATER

water on See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth . When pederasty became See also:

• COMMON

common in See also:

• GREECE

Greece, an See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt was made to justify it and invest it with dignity by referring to the See also:

• RAPE
• RAPE (from Lat. rapere, to seize)
• RAPE (Lat. rapum or rapa, turnip)

rape of the beautiful boy by Zeus; in See also:

• CRETE (Gr. Kp;rrrr; Turk. Kirid, Ital. Candia)

Crete, where the love of boys was reduced to a See also:

• SYSTEM

system, See also:

• MINOS

Minos, the See also:

• PRIMITIVE

primitive ruler and See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law-giver, was said to have been the ravisher of Ganymede . Thus the name which once denoted the See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good genius who bestowed the See also:

• PRECIOUS (O. Fr. precios, mod. precieux, Lat. pretiosus, of high value or price, pretium)

precious See also:

• GIFT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. die Gift, gift, das Gift, poison, formed from the Teut. stem gab-, to give, cf. Dutch geven, Ger. geben; in O. Eng. the word appears with initial y, the guttural of later English is due to Scandinavian influence)

gift of water upon See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man was adopted to this use in vulgar Latin under the form Catamitus . Ganymede being carried off by the eagle was the subject of a See also:

• BRONZE

bronze See also:

• GROUP

group by the Athenian sculptor Leochares, imitated in a See also:

• MARBLE (from Lat. marmor, Gr. pApµapos, shining stone)

marble statuette in the Vatican . E .

Veckenstedt (Ganymedes, See also:

• LIBAU (Lettish, Leepaya)

Libau, 1881) endeavours to prove that Ganymede is the genius of intoxicating drink (µdOv, See also:

• MEAD
• MEAD, LARKIN GOLDSMITH (1835— )
• MEAD, RICHARD (1673—1754)

mead, for which he postulates a form th os), whose See also:

• ORIGINAL

original See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home was See also:

• PHRYGIA

Phrygia . See See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article by P . See also:

• WEIZSACKER, KARL (1822-1899)

Weizsacker in See also:

• ROSCHER, WILHELM GEORG FRIEDRICH (1817–1894)

Roscher's Lexikon der Mythologie . In the article GREEK See also:

• ART

ART, fig . 53 (PI . I.) gives an See also:

• ILLUSTRATION

illustration of Ganymede See also:

• BORNE, KARL LUDWIG (1786–1837)

borne aloft by an eagle .