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[[File:Oil flask (lekythos) with Eros carrying a victor's ribbon.jpg|thumb|center|[[Eros (mythology)|Eros]], Winged in Frontal View, Flying and Carrying a Fillet. Oil flask (lekythos) by the Brygos Painter. Greek, Late Archaic Period, about 490–480 B.C. Greece, Attica, Athens. Ceramic, Red Figure. Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 10.180.]]


From <i>The Boyish Muse</i> (Ancient Greek: Μοῦσα Παιδική <i>Mousa Paidike</i>; Latin: <i>Musa Puerilis</i> [2nd Century AD]), compiled by [[Straton of Sardis|Strato]], in Book 12 of <i>The Greek Anthology</i> (Latin: <i>Anthologia Graeca</i>, 10th–14th Century), Volume 4, translated by W. R. Paton, <i>Loeb Classical Library</i> (London: William Heinemann; Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1918). Footnote omitted.

<b>Note:</b> <i>The [[Ancient Greece|ancient Greek]] sanctuary of Olympia in Elis was located at the foot of the Kronion (Mount Kronos), mentioned below, meaning that this poem is a prayer for the victory of a young athlete competing in the Olympic Games. [[Adolescence|Adolescent]] boys had their own category of sporting events, with the minimum age for participation being estimated to have been twelve years.</i><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympia,_Greece</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Olympic_Games </ref><ref>http://ancientolympics.arts.kuleuven.be/eng/TD010EN.html</ref>

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<center><b><i>64.—ALCAEUS</i></b></center>

[[Zeus (mythology)|Zeus]], Lord of Pisa, crown under the steep hill of Cronos Peithenor, the second son of Cypris. And, Lord, I pray thee become no eagle on high to seize him for thy cup-bearer in place of [[Ganymede (mythology)|the fair Trojan boy]]. If ever I have brought thee a gift from the Muses that was dear to thee, grant that the god-like boy may be of one mind with me.
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[[File:Zeus y Ganímedes Nápoles.jpg|thumb|center|Ganymede with Zeus Transformed into an Eagle. [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] marble copy of the 2nd century AD after an original Greek sculptural group of the 4th century BC. Naples, Museo Archeologico Nazionale.]]

==References==
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==See also==
*[[Puerilities: Erotic Epigrams of "The Greek Anthology" (book)]]
*[[Adult friend (dictionary)]]
*[[Age of attraction (dictionary)]]
*[[Athenian pederasty]]
*[[Boylove]]
*[[Cretan pederasty]]
*[[Ephebophilia]]
*[[Erastes]]
*[[Eromenos]]
*[[Greek love]]
*[[Historical boylove relationships in ancient Greece]]
*[[Loved boy (dictionary)]]
*[[Minor-attracted person (dictionary)]]
*[[Pederasty in ancient Greece]]
*[[Pedophilia]]
*[[Philosophy of ancient Greek pederasty]]
*[[Spartan pederasty]]
*[[Theban pederasty]]
*[[Young friend (dictionary)]]

==External links==
*[https://greek-love.com/poetry/the-greek-anthology/alkaios THE EPIGRAMS OF ALKAIOS OF MESSENE (Greek Love Through the Ages)]
*[https://greek-love.com/antiquity/greek-practices/pursuit-and-flight-by-sir-kenneth-dover <i>PURSUIT AND FLIGHT</i> BY SIR KENNETH DOVER (Greek Love Through the Ages)]
*[https://greek-love.com/antiquity/greek-practices/greeks-pedicate-loved-boys-pederasty DID THE GREEKS PEDICATE THEIR LOVED BOYS? (Greek Love Through the Ages)]

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