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"Ganymed" is a poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, in which the character of the mythic youth Ganymede is seduced by God (or Zeus) through the beauty of Spring. In early editions of the Collected Works it appeared in Volume II of Goethe's poems in a section of Vermischte Gedichte (assorted poems), shortly following the " Gesang der Geister ...
This story is very briefly told by Goethe in his Italienische Reise. [57] At Chatsworth in the nineteenth century the bachelor Duke of Devonshire added to his sculpture gallery Adamo Tadolini's Neoclassic "Ganymede and the Eagle", in which a luxuriously reclining Ganymede, embraced by one wing, prepares to exchange a peck with the eagle. The ...
The beginning of Goethe's quotation from his hymn Ganymed is carved on the plinth, which reads: "How, in the light of morning, Round me thou glowest, Spring, thou beloved one!" [3] German: "Wie im Morgenglanze — Du rings mich anglühst, — Frühling, Geliebter!!" [4] The bronze is both signed by Hubacher and intended for the donor Wölfflin.
In early editions of the Collected Works of Goethe, it appeared in Volume II of his poems in a section of Vermischte Gedichte (assorted poems), shortly following the "Gesang der Geister über den Wassern", and the Harzreise im Winter. It is immediately followed by "Ganymed", and the two poems together should be understood as a pair. Both belong ...
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Ganymed (Goethe) Group of Zeus and Ganymede; L. Las Incantadas; S. Statue of Ganymede This page was last edited on 23 September 2024, at 20:40 (UTC). Text is ...
The painting depicts the abduction of the beautiful Trojan youth, Ganymede, by Jupiter who appears in the form an eagle. The homoerotic story which goes back to Classical stories first recounted by Homer and Virgil recounts how the supreme God Jupiter falls head over heels for a beautiful young man.
Goethe dictated schemes and drafts for Dichtung und Wahrheit, after he had finished his Theory of Colours, in summer 1810 in Carlsbad. [2] He first worked on the autobiography in parallel to his work on Wilhelm Meister's Journeyman Years; from January 1811 on, the autobiography became his main endeavor. [2]