Ganymedes

I fear that our ruling elite, many of whom passed through puberty in fetid and furtive public school dormitories, were adversely affected by David Lean's epic "Lawrence of Arabia" or "Florence of Arabia" as Noel Coward gasped upon sighting the pretty Peter O'Toole surrounded by bronzed Ganymedes, and still imbue the Arab world with romantic notions, although the unspeakable Turk has now been replaced by the unspeakable Israeli as the enemy.

On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

And she found him apart, in the blooming orchard of Zeus, not alone, but with him Ganymedes, whom once Zeus had set to dwell among the immortal gods, being enamoured of his beauty.

The Argonautica 2008

Ganymedes, those waiters, I believe you call them, get you a chair? '

Camilla 2008

Peregrini sunt imbres in terra et fluvii in mari Jupiter apud Aegyptos, sol apud omnes; hospes anima in corpore, luscinia in aere, hirundo in domo, Ganymedes coelo, &c. 3861.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

I was pleased to see the Ganymedes and their devotees in force that night.

The Praise Singer Renault, Mary 1978

I could picture him at the Victory, wrinkling his nose at the courtiers 'Ganymedes.

The Praise Singer Renault, Mary 1978

Even I got a charming smile and a graceful compliment, just as if he'd not scanned all the Ganymedes on his way across, like a vintner choosing grapes.

The Praise Singer Renault, Mary 1978

And she found him apart, in the blooming orchard of Zeus, not alone, but with him Ganymedes, whom once Zeus had set to dwell among the immortal gods, being enamoured of his beauty.

The Argonautica Apollonius Rhodius

[- 40 -] As time went on a dispute arose among the followers of Arsinoë, and Ganymedes prevailed upon her to put Achillas to death, on the ground that he wished to betray the fleet.

Dio's Rome, Volume 2 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus; and Now Presented in English Form. Second Volume Extant Books 36-44 (B.C. 69-44). Cassius Dio

[- 39 -] While these events were taking place one Ganymedes, a eunuch, abducted Arsinoë, as she was not very well guarded, and led her out to the people.

Dio's Rome, Volume 2 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus; and Now Presented in English Form. Second Volume Extant Books 36-44 (B.C. 69-44). Cassius Dio