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Myth of Ganymedes (1)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list) Adapa (ascent to heaven) 04 Religious and philosophical literature and poetry 04.01 Myths 04.01.01 Adapa (ascent to heaven) Etana (ascent to heaven) 04 Religious and philosophical literature and poetry 04.01 Myths 04.01.06 Etana (ascent to heaven)	Keywords eagles
Period Greek Archaic Age Neo-Assyrian Empire	Channel Greek poets

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Ganymedes was carried up to heaven by an eagle, as Etana.

Homer, Iliad 20.232-235:
… godlike Ganymedes that was born the fairest of mortal men; wherefore the gods caught him up on high to be cupbearer to Zeus by reason of his beauty, that he might dwell with the immortals.

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Homer, Iliad 20.232-235

Bibliography

Dalley and Reyes 1998, 101	Dalley, S. and A. T. Reyes. “Mesopotamian Contact and Influence in the Greek World.” In: S. Dalley (ed.). The Legacy of Mesopotamia. Oxford: Oxford University Press 1998, 85-124.
Murray 1967, 386-389	Murray, A. T. Homer, The Iliad. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, London: Heinemann 1967.

Amar Annus

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