Ancient Egypt and the Ancient Near East, mythology, goddesses, monsters, etc. My goal is to accurately label every post: please tell me if you see something that's not correctly attributed, tagged, or captioned. I am also ikhet-sekhmet.livejournal.com.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
RICCI, Sebastiano
Fall of Phaethon
1703-04
Oil on canvas
Museo Civico, Belluno
Ludwig von Hofmann
Poster for “Freie Berliner Kunstausstellung”
Lithograph on paper
106 x 76 cm
1893
I’m not sure what Ganymede’s dog is doing here - perhaps trying to follow its master, who looks pretty cheerful about being carried off. Or maybe trying to scare off that big nasty eagle.
(Source: zeno.org)
![(via [Statue of Ganymede and the eagle ; Statue of Ganymede, wearing the Phrygian cap, with the eagle and barking dog (inset) ; Statue of Ganymede, wearing the Phrygian cap, embracing the eagle.] - ID: 1623824 - NYPL Digital Gallery)](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lusrpcNFuV1qewu23o1_500.jpg)
![(via [Eagle flying with Ganymede.] - ID: 1623826 - NYPL Digital Gallery)
These images of the abduction of male mortals can be disturbing too. Often, though, Ganymede is shown as a willing lover - there’s a suggestion of that here, with the eagle’s gentle peck and the lad’s moony look. Is the artist romanticising the kidnapping, or is this in fact an elopement? Or is it impossible not to fall in love with a god?](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lusr3q2NGO1qewu23o1_500.jpg)
(via [Eagle flying with Ganymede.] - ID: 1623826 - NYPL Digital Gallery)
These images of the abduction of male mortals can be disturbing too. Often, though, Ganymede is shown as a willing lover - there’s a suggestion of that here, with the eagle’s gentle peck and the lad’s moony look. Is the artist romanticising the kidnapping, or is this in fact an elopement? Or is it impossible not to fall in love with a god?
![alexheartscandy:
Jean Pierre - Ganymede [The Cup-Bearer of Zeus] c.1816 .](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqj4l0MIwQ1r0iy79o1_500.jpg)
Jean Pierre - Ganymede [The Cup-Bearer of Zeus] c.1816 .
Juppiter and Ganymede
Ganymede by Adamo Tadolini (1788-1868) (by André Durand)
Ganymede (by j. kunst)
Peter Paul Rubens, Ganymede, 1611-12.
(via LIECHTENSTEIN MUSEUM Wien)
(At last I’ve found a Ganymede who doesn’t look horrible!)