Stock No: 14978

A Statuary Marble Regency chimneypiece tablet depicting the Greek youth Ganymede offering a drink from his cup to Zeus who is in the form of an eagle. In Greek mythology Zeus, in the guise of an eagle, abducted the beautiful Ganymede from his home in Troy and flew him back to Mount Olympus to serve as a cup bearer to the Gods. Zeus bestowed on him the gift of eternal youth and immortality. English, circa 1810.

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