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<p>[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 7338838, member: 97383"]ycon, Thank you for this excellent article & sharing your impressive collection of coins & medals of Ganymede <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />! The myth of Ganymede being abducted by an eagle (Zeus in disguise) seems to be an obvious euphemism for pederasty as practiced by the ancient Greeks & Romans <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. It is amazing how much artwork has been devoted to this myth from ancient to modern times. During the Renaissance period the Roman Catholic church attempted to change the meaning of the myth to "Ganymede rising to heaven, by means of an eagle, after attaining spiritual perfection" since homosexuality was forbidden by the church <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie80" alt=":shame:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. I find it interesting that Zeus, the most powerful of all Greek gods, is depicted as a sexual predator, not only in the myth of Ganymede but also in the myth of Leda & the Swan. In both of these myths Zeus appears in the form of a bird.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1281029[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Copy of a print by Michelangelo</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 7338838, member: 97383"]ycon, Thank you for this excellent article & sharing your impressive collection of coins & medals of Ganymede :D! The myth of Ganymede being abducted by an eagle (Zeus in disguise) seems to be an obvious euphemism for pederasty as practiced by the ancient Greeks & Romans :rolleyes:. It is amazing how much artwork has been devoted to this myth from ancient to modern times. During the Renaissance period the Roman Catholic church attempted to change the meaning of the myth to "Ganymede rising to heaven, by means of an eagle, after attaining spiritual perfection" since homosexuality was forbidden by the church :shame:. I find it interesting that Zeus, the most powerful of all Greek gods, is depicted as a sexual predator, not only in the myth of Ganymede but also in the myth of Leda & the Swan. In both of these myths Zeus appears in the form of a bird. [ATTACH=full]1281029[/ATTACH] [B]Copy of a print by Michelangelo [/B][/QUOTE]
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