Ganymede’s Family Tree

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Family

• Callirhoe(parent),Tros(parent),Assaracus(sibling),Ilus(sibling)— Marriage

  Tros, king of Troy, married the naiad Callirhoe, daughter of the river god Scamander. They had three sons: Ilus, Assaracus, and Ganymede, the most beautiful of mortals.

• Zeus(spouse)— Consort

  Zeus desired the Trojan prince Ganymede for his extraordinary beauty, and in the form of an eagle swept him up to Olympus to serve as cupbearer to the gods, granting him immortality and eternal youth.

Enemy of

• Hera

  Hera resented Ganymede's presence on Olympus as Zeus's cupbearer and beloved. Her jealousy of the Trojan youth fueled her hatred of the Trojan people and their descendants.

Associated with

• Eos

  In some traditions, including a passage in the Little Iliad, Eos abducted Ganymede before Zeus claimed the youth for Olympus. The gods of dawn and sky competed for the most beautiful mortal.

• Hebe

  Hebe served as cupbearer to the Olympian gods until Zeus replaced her with the Trojan youth Ganymede, whom he had abducted for his beauty.

• Mount Olympus

  Ganymede was abducted by Zeus to Mount Olympus to serve as cupbearer to the gods, replacing Hebe. His beauty earned him immortality and an eternal place among the divine court.