Jupiter Eclipsing Ganymede

Jupiter is a big bully, orbiting right in front of Ganymede’s snapshot. How rude.

(OK, more than a bully, according to the myth.)

Jupiter (aka Zeus) and Ganymede:

Is that a hand puppet Ganymede is playing with? :astonished:

Ganymede is Jupiter’s - well, Zeus’ really - cupbearer. That object in his hand is a wine carafe. This duty apparently goes beyond filling up Zeus’ cup, and might even be described as reciprocal. :smiling_imp:

The power equation does seem a little lopsided.
And the poor kid on the amphora really needs some clothes.

Better yet to be the bird on the staff. You could “enrich” Zeus’ cup and decorate the bumboy at the same time.

djm

Jupiter’s being a bully to its neighbors again. We should sanction it.

If I remember correctly there is a wrecked spaceship on Ganymede filled with dead aliens.

No, he has to be ready to fulfil his other duties. :smiling_imp:

I thought that fetchin’ nakkid was one of his duties…whad’d I miss this time?

I expect everyone will be rapt with fascination when I tell you that Ganymede is pouring from an oenochoe, Zeus’s cup is a phiale, and the vessel that they’re painted on is a krater of the calyx type.

And Zeus needs a better Olympian hairdresser. A mullet, fercryinoutloud…