Ganymedes

Role: son of Tros · First appears: Homeric Hymn V · To Aphrodite · Part 2

Life events

• Zeus carried off Ganymedes to serve as cupbearer among the gods.(Homeric Hymn V · To Aphrodite · Part 2 · 📍 the house of Zeus)
  • With: Zeus Tros
  • “Verily wise Zeus carried off golden-haired Ganymedes because of his beauty, to be amongst the Deathless Ones and pour drink for the gods in the house of Zeus”
• Zeus's messenger told Tros that Ganymedes would be deathless and ageless.(Homeric Hymn V · To Aphrodite · Part 2)
  • With: Zeus Tros
  • “And at the command of Zeus, the Guide, the slayer of Argus, told him all, and how his son would be deathless and unageing, even as the gods.”

Homeric Hymn V · To Aphrodite · Part 2

• parent: Tros “But grief that could not be soothed filled the heart of Tros; for he knew not whither the heaven-sent whirlwind had caught up his dear son”

Also listed in Other Figures — Minor Figures

⭐ Constellation map → · 📖 Read the original → · 🗂 Character index → · 🕰 Chronicle → · 📍 Places →

Extracted from the original text of Hesiod and Homerica. Made with Rho MD.