Ganymede
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Ganymede
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Published 2017-10-25T09:37:59+00:00
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Ganymede is shown in full body portrait with his left hand raised up almost at a 90 degree angle. He is depicted with an eagle behind him. This particular representation is symbolic. In Homer's Iliad Ganymede is described as the most beautiful of mortals, and is adbucted by Zeus (in the form of an eagle) to serve as a cup-bearer in Olympus (a representation of this can be found in Thorvaldsen's 'Ganymede and The Eagle'). This statuette depicts the scene where Zeus carries the youth to the heavens.
Technical Information
| Date published | 25/10/2017 |
| Complessità | Medium |
More Information
| Title | Jupiter and Eagle Statuette |
| Dimension | 40 x 20 cm |
| Accession | 2002.3.1 |
| Period | Roman |
| Medium | Terracotta |
| Credit | From the Saint-Raymond Museum reserves |
| Record | https://tools.wmflabs.org/reasonator/?q=Q47450594&lang=en |
| Place | Musée Saint-Raymond |
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