Pythagoras Fair Cup with Ganymedes the Cupbearer and Zeus in Greek Mythology for Sale

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Pythagoras Fair Cup with Ganymedes the Cupbearer and Zeus in Greek Mythology:
$58.45

PYTHAGOREAN FAIR CUP HANDPAINTED WITH ZEUS AND GANYMEDES

This cup is handpainted on the outside with a scene of ancient Greek mythology.In Greek Mythology, Ganymedes was the embodiment of beauty. He was a handsome, young Trojan who was, as Homer describes, “the most beautiful of mortals.” In the myth of Ganymedes and Zeus, Ganymedes is herding his flock on the mountainside when Zeus sees him and is determined to make Gaynmedes his lover. Zeus, in the form of an eagle, abducts the young Ganymedes and carries him off to Mount Olympus to be the god’s lover and cupbearer. Hera, Goddess of Women and Marriage, and wife of Zeus, upon hearing that Ganymedes was to be cupbearer as well as Zeus’ lover, became enraged with jealousy. Her own daughter Hebe, Goddess of Youth, previously held the favored position of cupbearer. The omnipotent Zeus did not waiver in his affection for Ganymedes who would carry a golden cup as he accompanied the powerful god on his travels. Eventually, Ganymedes, recognizing the thirst of the mortals, no longer coveted his role and, refusing his position as Zeus’ cupbearer, decided to pour out all the wine, ambrosia, and water of the gods. Although Zeus, a notoriously angry god, first wanted to punish Ganymedes, he eventually realized he had been unkind to the boy. Instead, Zeus set Ganymedes image among the stars as the constellation and God Aquarius, making him immortal and fulfilling Ganymedes wish of sending rain down to the people of the earth who were in need.

The Pythagorean cup is a form ofdrinking cup which is a deep sense of control measures of a drink.Creating a bowl ranked among the discoveries of Pythagoras of Samos. Theuniqueness of the bowl of Pythagoras in a fairly simple principle that works asa mechanism of the valve filling the cup up to a certain level you can drinkits contents as a regular cup but that’s as soon as we overfill the liquid overthe mark level of the cup all of its contents follows through a hole located atbottom of the bowl."Tradition says Pythagoras, during water supplyworks in Samos around 530 BC moderated the workers' wine drinking by inventingthe 'fair cup'. When the wine surpasses the line, the cup totally empties, sothe greedy one is punished." It was made in Greece,stands 4.7 inches high and weighs approximately 300 g.

Cup Details:

Condition:New, Copy,Handmade in Greece.

Cup Height:12cm(4.7")

Weight:300 g

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