GANYMEDE, in the ancient mythology, son of a king of Troy, was the most beautiful boy in the world. Jupiter was charmed with him, and made him his cup-bearer in the room of Hebe. Some say that he caused him to be carried away by an eagle, and others affirm he was himself the ravisher under the form of that bird. He deified this youth; and, to comfort his father, made a present to him of some of those very swift horses that the gods rode upon.