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Ganymede (Gr.
), a Trojan prince, son of Tros and brother of Ilus, was the most beautiful of mortals, and was carried off, according to the legend, by the eagle of Jupiter, to succeed Hebe as cup-bearer to the gods on Olympus. Astronomers have placed him among the constellations under the name of Aquarius, or the water-bearer. He is represented in the fine group of statuary in the Pio-Clementine museum at Rome, and in the group of" Hebe and Ganymede by Crawford, in Boston.
 
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