Ganymede

gan'1-med, in Grecian mythology, a Trojan youth of exceeding beauty. Even the gods envied him. Finally Zeus, in the disguise of an eagle, snatched the lad from the midst of his play-fellows on Mount Ida and carried him off to Olympus. Here he was made cupbearer to the gods in place of Hebe. Ganymede is said to have been the most beautiful boy ever born. His story has been a favorite with painters and sculptors. Many works of ancient art are extant which represent the boy in the talons of the eagle, or sometimes with the eagle standing near him. See Hebe