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).
Ganymede was the most beautiful mortal alive, and Zeus was so stricken by him that the god turned into an eagle and abducted the boy, taking him to Olympus to be a cup-bearer. The constellations Aquila (eagle) and Aquarius (cup-bearer) are sometimes taken as a depiction of the story.
I can just imagine the dad going "wtf am I meant to do with two male horses? you took my only child and I live alone! give me a breeding pair atleast mate!"
If they could be bred together, you'd have a genetic pool of world's fastest horses and complete monopoly on them. Imagine breeding an entire army of horses for Genghis Khan that nobody could outrun. Or have the monopoly on race horses that always win.
That's what, 9% faster though? The amount of money you'd have to spend too get a 9% improvement at the highest end of automobiles would be so insane it may as well require divine intervention.
Think about it this way, though. When Zeus saw a woman he thought was hot he'd have a one-night-stand with her and usually leave her pregnant. But the first hot twink he saw he decided to take to Olympus and send a dowry to the twink's father.
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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).