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Relief depicting Ganymede and the Eagle at The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg

Title
Relief depicting Ganymede feeding the Eagle


Artist
Unknown, Roman work


Date
Late 1st century A.D.


Medium
Marble


Dimensions
Length: 58.0 cm ; Height, 44.0 m


Accession #
ГР-3098


Credit
Entered the Hermitage in 1851; purchased from Riketti and Rotta in Venice



Ambrosia and nectar were believed to be "the food of the gods" in ancient Greece, and ambrosia is often characterized as a fluid. This Roman relief depicts the story of Ganymede feeding Zeus, disguised as an eagle, ambrosia in a two-handled drinking vessel or kylix. Zeus came to Ganymede as an eagle to carry him away from earth and to live on Mount Olympus, where he made the young man an immortal servant to the gods.
 

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