Gănymēdes

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Gănymēdes , is.

 

I. gen. i, Cic. Tusc. 4, 33, 71; “also in a Latinized form Catamitus,” Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 35; cf. Paul. ex Fest. s. h. v. p. 44, and s. v. alcedo, p. 7 Müll.), m., = Γανυμήδης.

 

I. Ganymede, a son of Laomedon -- according to the cyclic poets, whom Cicero follows; according to Homer, a son of Tros; according to Hyginus, of Assaracus or of Erichthonius),

who, on account of his youthful beauty, was carried off by Jupiter's eagle from Mount Ida to heaven, and there made Jupiter's cup-bearer in place of Hebe.

A

s a constellation, the Waterman (Aquarius),

Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 65; 4, 33, 71; id. N. D. 1, 40, 112;

Hyg. Fab. 271; id. Astr. 2, 16; 29; Verg. A. 1, 28; Ov. M. 10, 155 al.—

 

B. Deriv. Gănymēdēus , a, um, adj.,

of or belonging to Ganymede, Ganymedean: “comae,” Mart. 9, 17, 6;

“manu mixta pocula,” id. 8, 39, 4: “chorus,” i. e. of beautiful servants, id. 7, 50, 4.—

 

II. A eunuch in the service of Arsinoë, an enemy of Cœsar, Auct. B. Alex. 4, 1.