. thePropontis (Xen. Anab. viii 5, 81). Ganymedes (ravvfiiSris), son of Tros andCallirrhoe, and brother of Ilus and Assaracus,was the most beautiful of all mortals, and wascarried off by the gods that he might fill thecup of Zeus, and live among the eternal gods(II. v. 265, xx. 232; Apollod. iii. 12). This isthe Homeric account; but other traditions givedifferent details. Some call him son of Laome-don, others son of Ilus, and others again ofErichthonius or Assaracus. (Eur. Tro. 822;Tzetz. Bye. 34; Hyg. Fab. 224, 271.) Themanner also
. thePropontis (Xen. Anab. viii 5, 81). Ganymedes (ravvfiiSris), son of Tros andCallirrhoe, and brother of Ilus and Assaracus,was the most beautiful of all mortals, and wascarried off by the gods that he might fill thecup of Zeus, and live among the eternal gods(II. v. 265, xx. 232; Apollod. iii. 12). This isthe Homeric account; but other traditions givedifferent details. Some call him son of Laome-don, others son of Ilus, and others again ofErichthonius or Assaracus. (Eur. Tro. 822;Tzetz. Bye. 34; Hyg. Fab. 224, 271.) Themanner also in which he was carried away fromthe earth is differently described; for whileHomer mentions the gods - in general, laterwriters state that he was carried off by the eagleof Zeus (Verg. Aen. v. 253; Hor. Od. iv. 4, 2;Apollod. 1. c.); and this is developed into the GARAMA accotmt that Zeus himself in the form of aneagle was the robber |pv. Met. x. 155; xv. 280). There is, further, no agree-ment as to the place where the event occurred ; GAZA 357. Ganymedes. (rom a copy of the group by Lecchares.(Vlsconti, Mus. Jio Clem.) and some legends mentioned Crete (Plat. p. 636), though later writers usually representhim as carried off from Mount Ida (raptus ahIda, Hot. Od. iii. 20, 15). The early legendsimply states that Ganymedes was carried offthat he might be the cup-bearer of Zeus, inwhich office he was conceived to have succeededHebe (II. xx. 234 ; Pind. 01. xi. 105); but laterwriters describe hi mas the beloved and favourite
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