Ganymede was a beautiful prince from Troy, son of king Tros of Dardania and of Callirrho. Ganymede was known as the most beautiful of mortals, and was subsequently carried off by the gods (in the later story by Zeus himself, or by Zeus in the form of an eagle) to Olympus as Zeus's lover and to serve as cupbearer to the gods.
Zeus placed a constellation of stars in the form of the eagle he assumed when abducting Ganymede to Olympus named 'Aquila' (eagle), also 'Aquarius' (water bearer). One of Jupiter's many moons is also named after Ganymede
He was portrayed repeatedly in western art in both paintings, frescoes & sculpture and continues to inspire artwork today
Ganymede Links
Ganymede, the man, the myth, the enslaved cupbearer to Zeus - Here's where to go find more information about your favorite abductee
- Wikipedia's Info on Ganymede
- Wikipedia's Information to get your started
- Androphile Project
- A compilation of sorts of the myths about Ganymede put into one short summary
- Peter R. Griffith's Take on Ganymede as Gay subject matter
- Short description of Ganymede in the visual arts
- Encyclopedia Mythica
- Encyclopedia Mythica's Ganymede Article - pretty brief
- Ganymede Images from Pennsylvania State
- Black and White images of Zeus & Ganymede - part of a larger Pennsylvania State University site cataloguing Zeus' love conquests
- Greek Mythology Link's Info on Ganymede
- Nice mythological Geneological information on Ganymede and some nice quality images as well
- Macedonian Ganymede Jewelry
- Macedonian Ganymede Jewelry in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Hephaistoforge site
- A very nice scholarly site showing the varied Ganymede Myths side by side with some good images as well
- Paul Halsall's Grad Paper on homoeroticism in Greece
- Paul Halsall:
Homosexual Eros in Early Greece (1986)
some mentions of Ganymede in the context of other homoeroticism - Lovers Legends
- Site containing music and books that involve Ganymede as one of several "lovers legends"
- Ganymede, Cupbearer of the Gods
- A funny throw-away article on Ganymede
- The Greek Triad
- The Greek Triad: Ganymede, Hylas, Narcissus
Part of a large Antinoos site - lots of good text and a few images - Ganymed, the Restaurant!
- Photo of a restaurant in Germany - anybody have any more information?
- Ganymede on Stamps
- Images of Ganymede on postage stamps - part of a larger collection of glbt images on stamps
Ganymede Images in Flickr
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Goethe's Poem on Ganymede
GanymedWie im Morgenglanze
Du rings mich anglühst,
Frühling, Geliebter!
Mit tausendfacher Liebeswonne
Sich an mein Herz drängt
Deiner ewigen Wärme
Heilig Gefühl,
Unendliche Schöne!
Dass ich dich fassen möcht
In diesen Arm!
Ach, an deinem Busen
Lieg ich, schmachte,
Und deine Blumen, dein Gras
Drängen sich an mein Herz.
Du kühlst den brennenden
Durst meines Busens,
Lieblicher Morgenwind!
Ruft drein die Nachtigall
Liebend nach mir aus dem Nebeltal.
Ich komm, ich komme!
Wohin? Ach, wohin?
Hinauf! Hinauf strebts!
Es schweben die Wolken
Abwärts, die Wolken
Neigen sich der sehnenden Liebe.
Mir! Mir!
In euerem Schosse
Aufwärts!
Umfangend umfangen!
Aufwärts an deinen Busen,
Alliebender Vater!
Johann Wolfgang Goethe
Ganymede in Printed Articles
Couldn't locate these online, so you'll have to find them in your local library
"...Ganymede,handsomest of mortals, whom the gods
caught up to pour out drink for Zeus and live
amid immortals for his beauty's sake."
(Homer, Iliad, Book XX, 232-235)
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"The image of Ganymede in France, 1730-1820: the survival of a homoerotic myth."
The Art Bulletin; 12/1/1994; Worley, Michael Preston
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"Aspects of love in Michelangelo 'Myth of Ganymede' exhibit explores subtexts of sexuality"
International Herald Tribune; 7/20/2002; Roderick Conway Morris
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"Age Of Fable Or Beauties Of Mythology: Chapter XIX: Hercules - Hebe And Ganymede."
History of the World; 1992; Bulfinch, Thomas
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"Les Dieux Antiques, nouvelle mythologie illustrée" Stephane Mallarmé, Paris, 1880
Individual Ganymede Artwork Links
- Vaux-le-Vicomte, France
- Garden Statue in Vaux-le-Vicomte, France
- Correggio
- Correggio's Ganymede
1531-32
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna - John Singer Sargent Sketch
- John Singer Sargent Sketch "Ganymede and the Eagle"
1917-21
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - John Singer Sargent
- John Singer Sargent's "Ganymede and the Eagle"
1921
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Oil on canvas
Rotunda mural - Correggio
- Correggio's "The Abduction of Ganymede"
c.1531-1532
The Louvre, Paris, France - Rambrandt
- Rembrandt's "The Abduction of Ganymede"
1635
The Dresden Gallery, Dresden, Germany - Peter Paul Rubens
- Peter Paul Rubens's "The Abduction of Ganymede"
Oil on canvas
Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain - Andre Durand
- A VERY strange depiction of Ganymede in a large wig and apparently being pulled down?
- Cellini
- Cellini's Ganymede statue
- Ganymede on a Greek Vase
- Ganymede on a Greek Vase
- Tribolo
- Tribolo's Ganymede statue
- Ganymede on a Greek Bowl-Ferrara
- Ganymede on a Greek Bowl-Ferrara
- Adamo Tadolini
- Adamo Tadolini's Ganymede
(1788-1868)
Chatsworth, Oxford, UK - Ganymede & Zeus
- GRed Figure Vase
Attic calyx krater attributed to Eucharides painter shows Ganymede serving wine to Zeus; Greek, 490-480 BCE
New York; Metropolitan Museum. Photo Credits: Paula Chabot, 2000 - Ganymede & Zeus
- Ganymede & Zeus - Greek Pottery
- Ganymede on a Capital
- Ganymede on a capital:
Vézelay en Bourgogne, Basilique Ste Madeleine - Ganymede as a Fountain in Bratislava
- Ganymede as a Fountain in Bratislava
- Eustache Le Sueur
- Eustache Le Sueur (1616/17-1655)
The Rape of Ganymede by Jupiter
17th Century - Jean Pierre Granger
- Jean Pierre Granger's "Ganymede"
oil on canvas
ca. 1816 - Louise Janin
- Louise Janin's 1937 version of Ganymede's abduction
- Jupiter and Ganymede Relief
- Jupiter and Ganymede Relief - unknown location
- Bertel Thorvaldsen
- A huge site on Thorvaldsen's works, several of which are of Ganymede
- Small Black & White Ganymede
- Small Black & White Ganymede
- Another Small Black & White Ganymede
- Small Black & White Ganymede
- Yet another Small Black & White Ganymede
- Small Black & White Ganymede
- Cherubino Alberti
- Cherubino Alberti , after
Italian, 1553 - 1615
Museum of Fine Arts in San Francisco - Giulio Campagnola or Possibly Giorgione
- Giulio Campagnola or Possibly Giorgione
"Jupiter and Ganymede above an Extensive Landscape"
c. 1500
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. - William Hilton
- William Hilton (1786 - 1839)
"The Rape of Ganymede"
ca. 1806
Oil on canvas
Royal Academy of Arts, London - Michelangelo
- Michelangelo's "The Rape of Ganymede"
c. 1533
Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge - Gustave Moreau
- Gustave Moreau's "Ganymede"
1886
Private Collection
Ganymede
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