No.196
[original post date: April 8, 2014]✧*̥˚
i wanted to draw mortal Ganymede and that meant I had to draw a little of his family
in case anyone's unaware Ganymede was a Trojan prince, he's like a great-great uncle of Priam of Trojan War fame. He had two older brothers who were mythologically very protective of him because he actually almost got kidnapped at LEAST once before Zeus snatched him. Ganymede was literally said to be the most beautiful person alive when he was alive.
His mother was also a nymph! A naiad named Callirhoe to be exact, which makes a lot of sense because goddamn Ganymede is so pretty it's clear to see he's got nymph-lineage running through him whoops
So I drew Callirhoe down there too. She's dead, though. She's a water nymph. There was a drought.
#Gany #2014