CONTENT WARNING: abduction
It is important to note that the common denominator in abduction myths is not the victim's gender, but their beauty.
Ganymedes, Trois
filius, prima forma cum ceteris Iliensibus Phrygiae praeferretur et adsiduis
venationibus interesset, ne infamiam virentis aetatis subiret, Iuppiter versus
in aquilam ex Ida monte cum rapuit in caelum ministrumque fecit.
--Lactantius
Placidus, Qui dicitur Narrationes Fabularum Ovidianarum Liber 10.4
Ganymede, the son of Tros. He was the pinnacle of beauty, preferred over all other Trojan youths. Jupiter turned into an eagle and snatched him up while he was out hunting on Mt. Ida. He took him up into heaven and made him a [immortal] servant [of the gods] so that he would never age.
LACTANTIUS
PLACIDUS
MAP:
Name: Lactantius Placidus
Date: 5th or 6th century CE
Works:
Abridgement of Ovids’ Metamorphoses
Commentary
on Statius’ Thebaid
REGION UNKNOWN
BIO:
Timeline:
Little is known about this Christian author,
but he is known for his commentary on Statius’ Thebaid and an
abridgement of Ovid’s Metamorphoses.
LATE LATIN / BYZANTINE
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