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Ganymede

also: Γανυμήδης

A beautiful Trojan prince carried off by Zeus to be cupbearer of the gods on Olympus; Aphrodite cites his story to Anchises as a precedent for a mortal of the Trojan line taken up among the immortals.

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Mentioned in 2 works (3 mentions)

The Iliad poem · 2 mentions
The Homeric Hymns poem · 1 mention

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