Ganymede. In Greek mythology, Ganymede was a beautiful

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Trojan youth, the cup-bearer of the Olympian gods. He supplanted Hebe, the personification of eternal and exuberant youth, in her function as cup-bearer.

Page 19. — I . je ne laissai pas de m'asseoir, nevertheless I sat down. This expression ne pas laisser de or ne pas laisser que de^fùX often recur; it means " not to fail, not to cease '* but can generally be translated ** nevertheless."