The king of the gods once loved a Trojan boy
Named Ganymede*; for once, there was something found
That Jove would rather have been than what he was.
He made himself an eagle, the only bird
Able to bear his thunderbolts, went flying
On his false wings, and carried off the youngster
Who now, though much against the will of Juno,
Tends to the cups of Jove and serves his nectar.
– Ovid's Metamorphoses, 10:155-62
* The name Ganymede (ganuesthai + medea) "rejoicing in virility."
