Once Zeus grew up, he went to his father’s mountain and served him as a cupbearer. His father did not know that Zeus was his son. A Titan goddess named Metis helped Zeus fool his father into ...
Aquarius, the water-bearer, is associated with the story of Ganymede in Greek mythology. Ganymede was a handsome young man abducted by Zeus to serve as a cupbearer to the gods, symbolizing innovation, ...
The names of both protagonists signal same-sex attraction: Daphnis, the legendary inventor of pastoral poetry, was the lover of the god Pan; Ganymede was the beautiful shepherd boy abducted by ...
He was, he insists, personally selected to work as some sort of cupbearer to Winston Churchill. He points at his Picassos and vouches for their authenticity. Nor did he have anything to do with ...
Aquarius is usually taken to represent Ganymede, a youth fancied by Zeus, the king of the Greek gods, who took him to Mount Olympus to serve as cupbearer to the gods. Also a moon of Jupiter, Ganymede ...
Aphra, whose letters give a vivid picture of the spy’s life with its risks and impecuniosity, addresses herself to two correspondents, Tom Killigrew and James Halsall, cupbearer to the King. On 27 ...
King Joffrey’s gruesome demise in Game of Thrones may well have been prevented if he had the foresight to employ a royal cupbearer. It may surprise you to learn that what seems like an archaic ...