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"The king of all gods once burned with love for ."
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🏛️ Pencil drawing of a vase painting of and .

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Ruled paper with a pencil drawing of a vase painting of Zeus gifting Ganymedes a cock, a common lover's gift, and taking him by the arm. Above the following quotes are written in cursive: "The king of all gods once burned with love for Ganymede. Ovid, Metamorphoses, 8 CE. Ganymede, who was the comeliest of mortal men; wheretofore the gods carried him off to be ZEUS' cupbearer. Homer, Iliad, 700 BCE." Below the pencil drawing, the following quotes are written in cursive: "Setting ZEUS' majesty aflame with his thighs. Sophocles, 406 BCE. There was Ganymede, the darling of ZEUS' bed. Euripides, 406 BCE".
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