#zeus/ganymede

[thegarden-ofeden]

ganymede of troy aesthetic “cupbearer of the gods”

greek myths masterlist

"Ganymedes who was the loveliest born of the race of mortals, and therefore the gods caught him away to themselves, to be Zeus' wine-pourer." homer, iliad

[msbunnat]

I.... got distracted...... sorry...

[kyleesarthell]

Hebe comforting Ganymede

[starsintheendlessnight]

ClosureAU! (Zeus and Eurylochus)

The AU finally has a name, it's called Closure for the lyrics of "keep your friends close" when Aeolus says: 'Now they wanna get the bag open so they can have closure' 🙏

context of the "I will kill Odysseus"

Basically Zeus made a "deal" with Eurylochus, in which Zeus would take Odysseus from Calypso's island and taking him back to his home in exchange for Eurylochus staying with him on Olympus

Zeus often manipulates Eurylochus by telling him that if he thinks of leaving Odysseus would have to go back to Calypso, Eurylochus doesn't want that to happen, he made the deal bc he thought that for once in his life he could do something good for his captain/brother in law and Zeus takes advantage of his weakness for Odysseus

[glossc1]

ganymede doodles ft. zeus(?) 🍎 🦅

more ganymede

[mcsiggy]

Did everyone’s card have Aphrodites birth? Or was it just that everyone who opened the cards would see how they see themselves at their best?

Apologies if you’ve answered this, I tried looking on your blog but couldn’t find anything. I love your comic btw,,, Greek mythology my blvd

yes! I think i'll just post it now since it's something i knew people would ask /w\;

I wanted to do more of an explanation but i uh, am not that clever sometimes /_\; but i have thought about it enough to draw this out!

[imaginal-ai]

"Zeus and Ganymede" (0001)

(The Queer Affair of Zeus Series)

[gummysharksafterdark]

Obsessed with the idea of a boy just being so irresistibly pretty it awakens something feral in every man that sees him. They HAVE to claim him, fill his womb with their seed, even if it’s the last time they’ll ever see him

[aimee-maroux]

Hello my lovelies,

here is my Kinktober prompt calendar, created with the help of my beautiful subscribers who voted in the poll and made suggestions!

Virgins: Achilles / Patroklos

Aphrodisiac

Body worship / Breast worship: Demeter / Iasion

Wax Play: Apollon / Bee Maiden

Choking

Safeword / Aftercare

At Work: Hera / Iris

Gender Play

Thigh Sex

In the Wild Outdoors: Artemis / Daphne

Food Kink: Zeus / Ganymedes

Size Difference/Giantess/Tiny People

Exposed / On Display

Telepathy

Spanking

Ritual

Magic

Praise Kink

Masturbation: Anput

Voyeurism: Helios

In Full Armour

Wedding Night: Herakles / Hebe

Glory Hole

Teacher / Student

Pegging

Hot Spouse / Cuckold

Restrained / Entangled

Sex Slave

Hunted

Detachable Head

Monster / Human Sex

This post will be updated throughout Kinktober as I finish stories for each kink. Follow me here or subscribe to catch the updates.

Let's have a great Kinktober, everyone!

[littlesparklight]

Something that's neat is that when it comes to Ganymede's abduction, before the mid-300's BC the eagle doesn't feature in the visual record. (I don't remember off-hand where the switch comes in the texts, but earliest texts don't portray Ganymede as having been taken by the eagle, either; in the Iliad it's a generic "by all the gods" and the Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite, wind seems to be the method (though Zeus is the sole instigator this time).

So what you get before then is Zeus taking things in hand quite literally, with things like this:

Both of the above are from around the same age-span in terms of make. And then there's this, which is really interesting, as it reminds more of the depictions of Eos with one of her abducted youths:

Is Ganymede asleep or just really relaxed about the whole proceeding? Who knows!

While we of course can't know if there were anything that depicted (visual or text) Ganymede's abduction via eagle before ~350 BC, it definitely seems this one statue group by Leochares inspired a lot of art based on it. Like this one vase painting, which doesn't name Ganymede as the subject but with the setup it seems reasonable that it is him... though the abducting bird is a swan, not an eagle!

Ganymede is sometimes depicted as shorter/smaller than Zeus, like the terracotta statue above (though I'm not sure the statue, specifically, means to necessarily say anything about Ganymede's age. Sometimes gods are simply presented as taller than humans, too).

Most usually, however, he's about as tall as Zeus, a youth who's an older teenager at the very least.

And our oldest vase art/visual survival of Ganymede, which I really like:

[gotstabbedbyapen]

Apollo: *turns into a swan and lets Hyacinthus ride him across the land*

Zeus: *turns into an eagle and snatches Ganymede to the sky out of nowhere*

[msbunnat]

Zeus cant be a good boy u.u also, don't believe his tears!!

[kyleesarthell]

Ganymede & The Eagle

[mercuriicultores]

1612, Rubens, Ganymede receives the bowl from Hebe

[glossc1]

ganymede playing an aulos🪈with a phorbeia

more ganymede 🍎

[mcsiggy]

Do you have a reference sheet/lineup thingy for all your Greek god designs by any chance? :3

yes! not of everyone yet (like eros & psyche and some of the other cthonic gods) but this is their general looks + their heights!

Aphrodite is the shortest at 5'0ft and Demeter is tallest at 7'0ft