Statue of Ganymede with the Eagle. Artist: Unknown

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Statue of Ganymede with the Eagle. Roman, after a Greek original from the Praxiteles school of the 3rd century BC. According to Homer, Ganymede was a Trojan prince and the most beautiful of mortals. He was abducted by Zeus, who had assumed the form of an eagle, to be taken to serve as a cup bearer to the Gods in Olympus, in return for which he was granted eternal youth. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg.

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Size: 2738px × 5127px
Location: World,Europe,Greece
Photo credit: © The Art Collector/Heritage-Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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