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 b ...
, 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 t ...
, 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), 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), 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
See also
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Ganymede City, a term coined by Arthur C. Clarke in his science fiction novel ''3001: The Final Odyssey''
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Ganymede Heights, 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, 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, Jeeve ...
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The Goddess of Ganymede, a science fiction novel by American writer Mike Resnick
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The Rape of Ganymede (disambiguation)
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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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