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In Greek mythology, Ganymede is the son of Tros of Dardania, [7] [8] [9] from whose name "Troy" is supposedly derived, either by his wife Callirrhoe, daughter of the river god Scamander, [10] [11] or Acallaris, daughter of Eumedes. [12] Depending on the author, he is the brother of either Ilus, Assaracus, Cleopatra, or Cleomestra. [13]
Mythology portal; Ancient Greece portal; Aurora; Cumaean Sibyl, another mortal who was granted an extended lifetime but not eternal youth; Tithonus (The X-Files), an episode of the X-Files that is a modern retelling of the story. Selemnus, a mortal man who was abandoned by his immortal lover after growing old; Myia, another mythological insect.
Aurōra appears most often in sexual poetry with one of her mortal lovers. A myth taken from the Greek by Roman poets tells that one of her lovers was the prince of Troy, Tithonus. Tithonus was a mortal, and would therefore age and die. Wanting to be with her lover for all eternity, Aurōra asked Jupiter to grant immortality to Tithonus ...
Aurora was the Roman equivalent of Eos and often substitutes for her as Tithonus's consort. In Greek mythology, Tithonus was a Trojan by birth, the son of King Laomedon of Troy by a water nymph named Strymo ("harsh"). Eos, [1] the Greek goddess of the dawn, abducted Ganymede and Tithonus from the royal house of Troy to be her consorts.
In ancient Greek mythology and religion, Eos (/ ˈ iː ɒ s /; Ionic and Homeric Greek Ἠώς Ēṓs, Attic Ἕως Héōs, "dawn", pronounced [ɛːɔ̌ːs] or ; Aeolic Αὔως Aúōs, Doric Ἀώς Āṓs) [1] is the goddess and personification of the dawn, who rose each morning from her home at the edge of the river Oceanus to deliver ...
In Greek and Roman mythology, Aura (Ancient Greek: Αὔρα, romanized: Aúra, lit. 'breeze' pronounced, or Αὔρη pronounced) is a minor wind goddess, whose name means "breeze". [1] The plural form, Aurae (Ancient Greek: Αὔραι) is sometimes found to describe a group of breeze nymphs.
Assaracus was the second son of Tros, King of Dardania [2] by his wife Callirhoe, daughter of Scamander, [3] or Acallaris, daughter of Eumedes. [4] He was the brother of Ilus, Ganymede, Cleopatra and possibly of Cleomestra. [5]
The Group of Zeus and Ganymede is a multi-figure Late Archaic Greek terracotta statue group, depicting Zeus carrying the boy Ganymede off to Mount Olympus. It was created in the first quarter of the fifth century BC and is now displayed near where it was originally found in the Archaeological Museum of Olympia .