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Ganymede is a divine hero whose homeland was Troy. Homer describes Ganymede as the most beautiful of mortals, abducted by the gods, to serve as Zeus's cup-bearer in Olympus. The myth was a model for the Greek social custom of paiderastía, the romantic relationship between an adult male and an adolescent male. Ganymede was abducted by Zeus when he had been tending sheep, a rustic or humble pursuit characteristic of a hero's boyhood before his privileged status is revealed. Greek Pantheon, Greek Mythology Gods, Epic The Musical, Roman Gods, Greek And Roman Mythology, Greek Myth, Greek Mythology Art, Romantic Relationship, Mythology Art

Ganymede is a divine hero whose homeland was Troy. Homer describes Ganymede as the most beautiful of mortals, abducted by the gods, to serve as Zeus's cup-bearer in Olympus. The myth was a model for the Greek social custom of paiderastía, the romantic relationship between an adult male and an adolescent male. Ganymede was abducted by Zeus when he had been tending sheep, a rustic or humble pursuit characteristic of a hero's boyhood before his privileged status is revealed.

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