Ancient Skies by David Weston Marshall6/11/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Roman-era relief depicting the eagle of Zeus abducting Ganymede, his Phrygian cap denoting an eastern origin, and a river godĪccording to the myth, Ganymede was abducted by Zeus from Mount Ida near Troy in Phrygia. Comparative table of Ganymede's family Relation He is also known in stories as Dardanus, Erichthonius, or Assaracus. Some authors called him a son of Laomedon while others called him a son of Ilus. Other details about Ganymede differ as well. Depending on the author, he is the brother of either Ilus, Assaracus, Cleopatra, or Cleomestra. In Greek Mythology, Ganymede is the son of Tros of Dardania, from whose name "Troy" is supposedly derived, either by his wife Callirrhoe, daughter of the river god Scamander, or Acallaris, daughter of Eumedes. According to Plato's Laws, the Cretans were regularly accused of inventing the myth because they wanted to justify their unnatural pleasures. Socrates says that Zeus was in love with Ganymede, called "desire" in Plato's Phaedrus. ![]() The Latin form of the name was Catamitus (and also "Ganymedes"), from which the English word catamite is derived. The myth was a model for the Greek social custom of paiderastía, the romantic relationship between an adult male and an adolescent male. ![]()
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