Tros

Role: father of Ganymedes · 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 Ganymedes
- “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 gave Tros horses as recompense for the loss of his son.(Homeric Hymn V · To Aphrodite · Part 2)
- With: Zeus
- “until Zeus pitied him and gave him high-stepping horses such as carry the immortals as recompense for his son. These he gave him as a gift.”
Zeus's messenger told Tros that Ganymedes would be deathless and ageless.(Homeric Hymn V · To Aphrodite · Part 2)
- With: Zeus Ganymedes
- “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.”

child: Ganymedes “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”

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