Ganymede, << GAN uh meed, >> was a handsome Trojan prince in Greek mythology. His father was either Tros, the founder of Troy, or Laomedon, the father of the Trojan king Priam. Zeus, ruler of the gods, saw Ganymede on Mount Ida. Zeus admired the young man and, in the form of either a whirlwind or an eagle, swept him away to Mount Olympus, home of the gods. There, Ganymede served as Zeus’s cupbearer.
