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"Ganymed" is a poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, in which the character of the mythic youth Ganymede is seduced by God (or Zeus) through the beauty of Spring. In early editions of the Collected Works it appeared in Volume II of Goethe's poems in a section of Vermischte Gedichte (assorted poems), shortly following the " Gesang der Geister ...
Schubert: Song "Wandrers Nachtlied" I, Op. 4, No. 3 (D 224), autograph, 1815. The manuscript of "Wanderer's Nightsong" ("Der du von dem Himmel bist") was among Goethe's letters to his friend Charlotte von Stein and bears the signature "At the slope of Ettersberg, on 12 Feb. 76"; supposedly it was written under the tree later called the Goethe Oak. [1]
The poem "Ganymed" by Goethe was set to music by Franz Schubert in 1817; published in his Opus 19, no. 3 (D. 544). Also set by Hugo Wolf. Also set by Hugo Wolf. The Portuguese sculptor António Fernandes de Sá represented the abduction of Ganymede in 1898.
The beginning of Goethe's quotation from his hymn Ganymed is carved on the plinth, which reads: "How, in the light of morning, Round me thou glowest, Spring, thou beloved one!" [3] German: "Wie im Morgenglanze — Du rings mich anglühst, — Frühling, Geliebter!!" [4] The bronze is both signed by Hubacher and intended for the donor Wölfflin.
The "Marienbad Elegy" is a poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. It is named after the spa town of Marienbad (now Mariánské Lázně) where Goethe, 72-years-old, spent the summer of 1821. There he fell in love with the 17-year-old Ulrike von Levetzow. Goethe returned to Marienbad in the summer of 1823 to celebrate his birthday.
In early editions of the Collected Works of Goethe, it appeared in Volume II of his poems in a section of Vermischte Gedichte (assorted poems), shortly following the "Gesang der Geister über den Wassern", and the Harzreise im Winter. It is immediately followed by "Ganymed", and the two poems together should be understood as a pair. Both belong ...
Ganymede (moon), Jupiter's largest moon, named after the mythological character; Ganymede, Ganymed or Ganymedes may also refer to: Ganymede (band), a 2000s American band; Ganymed (band), a 1970s Austrian disco band; Ganymedes (eunuch), tutor of Arsinoe IV of Egypt and adversary to Julius Caesar "Ganymed" (Goethe), a poem by Goethe
Articles relating to Ganymede and his depictions. He is a divine hero whose homeland was Troy. Homer describes Ganymede as the most beautiful of mortals, abducted by the gods, to serve as Zeus's cup-bearer in Olympus.