Ganymede most commonly refers to:
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Ganymede (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Ganymede () or Ganymedes (; Ancient Greek: Γανυμήδης ''Ganymēdēs'') is a divine hero whose homeland was Troy. Homer describes Ganymede as the most beautiful of mortals and tells the story of how he was abducted ...
, Trojan prince in Greek mythology
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Ganymede (moon)
Ganymede, a satellite of Jupiter (Jupiter III), is the largest and most massive of the Solar System's moons. The ninth-largest object (including the Sun) of the Solar System, it is the largest without a substantial atmosphere (albeit not th ...
, Jupiter's largest moon, named after the mythological character
Ganymede, Ganymed or Ganymedes may also refer to:
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Ganymede (band), a 2000s American band
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Ganymed (band)
Ganymed was an Austrian/German space disco band founded in 1977.
Career
In 1978, they released their biggest hit, “It Takes Me Higher”, which hit #5 on the Austrian charts for four weeks and also hit #23 on the German charts. That same year ...
, a 1970s Austrian disco band
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Ganymedes (eunuch)
Ganymedes (died 47 BC) was a eunuch in the court of Cleopatra VII who proved an able adversary of Julius Caesar.
Life
Ganymedes was the tutor of Cleopatra's half-sister and rival, Arsinoë. When civil war broke out between Ptolemy XIII and Cleop ...
, tutor of Arsinoe IV of Egypt and adversary to Julius Caesar
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"Ganymed" (Goethe), a poem by Goethe
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Ganymede (software)
Ganymede is an open source network directory management framework, designed to allow administrator teams to collaboratively manage subsets of an organization's directory services, such as NIS, DNS, Active Directory / LDAP, DHCP, and RADIUS, among ...
, a GPL-licensed network directory management system
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1036 Ganymed
1036 Ganymed, provisional designation ', is a stony asteroid on a highly eccentric orbit, classified as a near-Earth object of the Amor group. It was discovered by German astronomer Walter Baade at the Bergedorf Observatory in Hamburg on 23 Oct ...
, an asteroid
* , British prison hulk that was moored in Chatham Harbour, Kent, England
* , a United States Navy vessel in World War II
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Rosalind (''As You Like It'') or Ganymede, a character in ''As You Like It'' by William Shakespeare
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Ganymede, a Marvel Comics character
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Ganymede City
''3001: The Final Odyssey'' is a 1997 science fiction novel by British writer Arthur C. Clarke. It is the fourth and final book in Clarke's ''Space Odyssey'' series.
Plot summary
The novel begins with a brief prologue describing the biof ...
, a term coined by Arthur C. Clarke in his science fiction novel ''3001: The Final Odyssey''
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Ganymede Heights
The Ganymede Heights consist of rounded ridges with extensive rock outcrops rising to about , between Jupiter Glacier and Ablation Valley on the eastern side of Alexander Island, Antarctica. They were mapped by the Directorate of Overseas Survey ...
, rounded ridges with extensive rock outcrops on the eastern side of Alexander Island, Antarctica
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Grahame-White Ganymede
The Grahame-White Ganymede was a prototype British heavy night bomber intended to serve with the Royal Air Force in the First World War. A large, three-engined, twin-boom biplane, the sole prototype Ganymede did not fly until after the war ha ...
, a prototype British heavy night bomber intended to serve with the Royal Air Force in the First World War
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The Ganymede Club
''The Ganymede Club'' is a science fiction novel by American writer Charles Sheffield, published in 1995. A mystery and a thriller, the story unravels in the same universe that Sheffield imagined in ''Cold as Ice (novel), Cold as Ice''. Shortly ...
, a 1995 science fiction novel by American writer Charles Sheffield
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The Ganymede Takeover
''The Ganymede Takeover'' is a 1967 science fiction novel by American writers Philip K. Dick and Ray Nelson. It is an alien invasion novel, and similar to Dick's earlier solo novel '' The Game-Players of Titan''.
Plot summary
The novel takes ...
, a 1967 science fiction novel by American writers Philip K. Dick and Ray Nelson
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The Junior Ganymede
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...
, a fictional club for valets and butlers in the writings of
P. G. Wodehouse
Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, ( ; 15 October 188114 February 1975) was an English author and one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century. His creations include the feather-brained Bertie Wooster and his sagacious valet, Jeev ...
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The Goddess of Ganymede
''The Goddess of Ganymede'' is a science fiction novel by American writer Mike Resnick. It was first published in book form in 1967 by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc.
Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. is a fantasy and science fiction small ...
, a science fiction novel by American writer Mike Resnick
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The Rape of Ganymede (disambiguation) ''The Rape of Ganymede'' may refer to:
* ''Ganymede Abducted by the Eagle
''Ganymede Abducted by the Eagle'' (c. 1531–1532) is a painting by the Italian late Renaissance artist Antonio da Correggio. It is housed in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, ...
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Ganymedidae, a family of parasites
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Ganimedes
Ganimedes (1978–2006) was a black Westphalian gelding, ridden for Germany by Monica Theodorescu in dressage competitions. During their competition career, the pair won medals at the Olympic Games, World Championships and Europea ...
, a horse
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