So George was put in James’s way when he visited Apethorpe, and was given the role of royal cupbearer, allowed to hand the king his drinks. The king’s junior by 26 years, he was soon always by James’s ...

Elias Mansell ’24 MA ’25, combined his background in classics and pursuits in astronomy as the host of a planetarium show, ...

Zeus, captivated by his beauty, disguised himself as an eagle and carried Ganymede to Olympus, where he became the gods' ...

Saturn can help orient you. The ringed planet is somewhat low in the southeast to south at nightfall. Now in Aquarius, Saturn ...

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 ...

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 ...

Those who enjoy the history of the Roman Empire are well acquainted with the story of Antinous, the young man of ...

It begins with Joseph’s two dreams (Gen 37), then the two dreams of Pharaoh’s cupbearer and baker (Gen 40), and finally, Pharaoh’s two dreams (Gen 41). Without repeating the familiar story, the next ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...