Ganymede, the young Trojan prince whom Zeus abducted to be his cupbearer, holds a hoop and a rooster
Ganymede, the young Trojan prince whom Zeus abducted to be his cupbearer, holds a hoop and a rooster; the latter was often given by an erastes (older lover) to his eromenos (younger beloved). Side A of an Attic red-figure bell-krater, attributed to the Berlin Painter; ca. 500-490 BCE. Now in the Louvre. -- source link
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