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Zeus and Ganymede - III
Zeus and Ganymede - III

This terracotta group depicts Zeus carrying the boy Ganymede off to Mount Olympus. This sculpture was porobably the central acroterion on a sacred building.
According to Homer and others, Ganymede was a son of Tros by Calirrhöe, and a brother of Ilus and Assaracus. Being the most beautiful of all mortals, he was carried off by gods and lived among the eternal gods. Ancient sources describe the manner in which he was carried away from the earth in different ways; for while Homer mentions the gods in general, later writers state that Zeus himself carried him off, either in his natural shape, or in the form of an eagle, or that he sent his eagle to fetch Ganymedes into heaven.
There is no agreement as to the place where the event occurred. The early legend simply states that Ganymedes was carried off that he might be the cupbearer of Zeus , in which office he was conceived to have succeeded Hebe; but later writers describe him as the beloved and favorite of Zeus, without allusion to his office.
Ganymedes was frequently represented in works of art as fa beautiful youth with the Phrygian cap. He appears either as the companion of Zeus, or in the act of being carried off by an eagle, or of giving food to an eagle from a patera.

Terracotta sculpture
Attributed to a Coirnthian
Early 5th century BC
Olympia, Archaeological Museum
Attributed to a Coirnthian
Early 5th century BC
Olympia, Archaeological Museum

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Taken on: July 1, 2022
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