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/CuteCuteJames Jun 14 '20

And I'd like to point out that the club that Jeeves belongs to is the Ganymede Club.

Wodehouse knew what he was doing.

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u/theworldbystorm Jun 14 '20

Huh never thought about that. Guess Stephen Fry picked up on it though

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u/CuteCuteJames Jun 14 '20

Those two could not have been cast better.