This quintessence of dust

What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how

infinite in faculties, in form and moving how express and

admirable . . . . and yet,to me, what is this quintessence of dust?

Sunday, May 26, 2019

HOT MALE TRIBUTES FOR TRANSGRESSIVE ZEUS


HOT MALE TRIBUTES 
FOR TRANSGRESSIVE ZEUS



Zeus kidnaps Ganymede.  
"The king of the Trojans had three noble sons, Ilus, Assaracus, and Ganymede who was the comeliest of mortal men; wherefore the gods carried him off to be Zeus' cupbearer, for his beauty's sake, that he might dwell among the immortals." 

- Homer, The Iliad

(Attic red-figure calyx krater by the Eucharides Painter, c. 490-480 BCE)





Made in Athens
Attic red figured kylix
Attribute to “The Penthesilea Painter”
About 475-425 BC
From Spina Necropolis
Ferrara, Archaeological Museum



Potential Tributes to consider:













and a 20th Century Ganymede:



as pictured by Budweiser Beer