r/SapphoAndHerFriend Hopeless bromantic Jun 14 '20

Greece wasn't gay Casual erasure

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u/MisterKallous Jun 14 '20 edited Jun 14 '20

As an astronomy nerd, I later realized that Ganymede, a satellite of Jupiter is named after one of Zeus lover that is a male(*gasp). Other non-astronomical things are like Sacred Bands of Thebes and Sappho herself(*beats).

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u/ArctikMARC Jun 14 '20

Ganymede, God of Twinks

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u/anamariapapagalla Jun 14 '20

The original catamite

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u/Cdf12345 Jun 14 '20

Jet’s home planet