The Abduction of Ganymede

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This relief captures the moment when Zeus, disguised as an eagle, snatches Ganymede, a young hero from Troy, to join him on Olympus as his cup-bearer. The god's obsession with the youth's stunning beauty drove this dramatic abduction. This reproduction of a famous bronze original by Leochares serves as one of many known copies, created for decoration or to honor the dead. It could have even served as a cover for a funerary monument.