Sunday, May 26, 2013

Ganymede

In the first lesson of Book one, there is a list of reasons why Juno is angry. One of them is the stolen or plundered honors of Ganymede. I was unfamiliar with this story, so I looked it up:

Ganymede was a shepherd who caught Zeus' eye. Zeus either came down as an eagle or sent an eagle to bring Ganymede to Mt. Olympus to become a cup bearer. Ganymede's father was King of Troy and was very sad when he found out that his son had disappeared; Zeus sent two horses to him. Hermes was also sent to assure Ganymede's father that he (Ganymede) would become immortal. Heracles later obtained the horses after defeating Poseidon's sea monster. Hera later found out about Zeus and Ganymede, so Zeus sent Ganymede into the stars and he became the constellation Aquarius.

Here is a picture of the constellation:

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