The first recorded mention of Ganymede is found in Homer’s Iliad dating back to the 8 th century BCE. Ganymede’s myth was especially popular amongst the Greeks and the Romans.
“godlike Ganymedes that was born the fairest of mortal men” Homer Iliad 20.199 Who Was Ganymede? Ganymede, Giulio Clovio, after a lost chalk drawing by Michelangelo, 1540, Royal Collection Trust, London
