(This is purposefully a list of lighthearted fandom ships and not serious canonical lesbian relationships. I am not trying to prove these were authorially intended. If you um akshully me for reaching or go 'cant the gays just let girls be friends nowadays' i will beat you with a brick)
List of quotes with sources for each pairing under the cut
(this took so long to put together pls pls pls look at it if you're interested in one of the pairs don't just take my word for it)
big thanks to Nkosi, Florence, Xen, Resident_Tropestown, Andrea and Nongo from the Graeco-roman Literature Discord for helping me put this together <3
For clarity I only added one quote per pairing and only from sources that are universally accessiable. That does not mean these are the only ones that exist.
Artemis/Callisto:
For Callisto, as they mock (Ap. bibl. III 100), the daughter of Lycaon, was a companion of Artemis, with whom Zeus, disguised as Artemis, mingled, and he made her a bear to deceive Hera, from whom Arcas was born.
From Tzetzes, Ad Lycophronem
Athena/Pallas:
They say that when Athena was born she was brought up by Triton, who had a daughter Pallas; and that both girls practised the arts of war, but that once on a time they fell out; and when Pallas was about to strike a blow, Zeus in fear interposed the aegis, and Pallas, being startled, looked up, and so fell wounded by Athena. And being exceedingly grieved for her, Athena made a xoanon in her likeness, and wrapped the aegis, which she had feared, about the breast of it, and set it up beside Zeus and honored it.
From Apollodorus, Library
Aphrodite/Helen:
But thither will I not goâit were a shameful thingâto array that man's couch; all the women of Troy will blame me hereafter; and I have measureless griefs at heart.â Then stirred to wrath fair Aphrodite spake to her: âProvoke me not, rash woman, lest I wax wroth and desert thee, and hate thee, even as now I love thee wondrously; and lest I devise grievous hatred between both, Trojans alike and Danaans; then wouldst thou perish of an evil fate.â So spake she, and Helen, sprung from Zeus, was seized with fear; and she went, wrapping herself in her bright shining mantle [...]
From Homer, Iliad
Iphis/Ianthe:
And so she grew, â ten years and three had gone, and then your father found a bride for you O Iphis â promised you should take to wife the golden-haired Ianthe, praised by all the women of Phaestus for the dower of her unequalled beauty, and well known, the daughter of a Cretan named Telestes. Of equal age and equal loveliness, they had received from the same teachers, all instruction in their childish rudiments. So unsuspected love had filled their hearts with equal longing â but how different! Ianthe waits in confidence and hope the ceremonial as agreed upon, and is quite certain she will wed a man. But Iphis is in love without one hope of passion's ecstasy, the thought of which only increased her flame; and she a girl is burnt with passion for another girl!
From Ovid, Metamorphoses
Hera/Iris:
So she spake and seated her beside the golden throne, even as a hunting hound of Artemis, which, when it hath ceased from the swift chase, sitteth by her feet, and its ears are erect, ever ready to receive the call of the goddess. Like thereto the daughter of Thaumas sat beside her throne. And she never forgetteth her seat, not even when sleep lays upon her his forgetful wing,
From Callimachus, Hymn to Delos
Hera/Themis:
The immortal gods gathered together in the house of Zeus, and at sight of her they all sprang up, and greeted her with cups of welcome. She on her part let be the others, but took the cup from Themis, of the fair cheeks, for she ran first to meet her, and spake, and addressed her with winged words: âHera, wherefore art thou come? Thou art as one distraught. In good sooth the son of Cronos hath affrighted thee, he thine own husband.â Then made answer to her, the goddess, white-armed Hera: âAsk me not at large concerning this, O goddess Themis; of thyself thou knowest what manner of mood is his, how over-haughty and unbending. Nay, do thou begin for the gods the equal feast in the halls, and this shalt thou hear amid all the immortals, even what manner of evil deeds Zeus declareth. In no wise, methinks, will it delight in like manner the hearts of all, whether mortals or gods, if so be any even now still feasteth with a joyful mind.â
From Homer, Iliad
Hera/Aphrodite:
This she laid in her hands, and spake, and addressed her: âTake now and lay in thy bosom this zone, curiously-wrought, wherein all things are fashioned; I tell thee thou shalt not return with that unaccomplished, whatsoever in thy heart thou desirest.â So spake she, and ox-eyed, queenly Hera smiled, and smiling laid the zone in her bosom.
From Homer, Iliad
Hera/Chloris:
Chloris I was, a nymph of the happy fields where, as you have heard, dwelt fortunate men of old. [...]Â Mars, too, was brought to birth my contrivance; perhaps you do not know it, and I pray that Jupiter, who thus far knows it not, may never know it. [...] Her speech would have flowed on, but on my face there was a sudden look of doubt. 'Thou seemest, nymph,' said she, 'the to have some power to help me.' Thrice did I wish to promise help, but thrice my tongue was tied: the anger of great Jupiter filled me with fear. 'Help me, I pray,' she said, 'the helper's name will be kept secret, and I will call on the divinity of the Stygian water to be my witness.' 'Thy wish,' quoth I, 'will be accomplished by a flower that was sent me from the fields of Olenus. It is the only flower of the kind in my garden.' He who gave it me said, 'Touch also with this a barren heifer; she will be a mother.' I touched, and without delay she was a mother. Straightway I plucked with my thumb the clinging flower and touched Juno, and she conceived when it touched her bosom.
From Ovid, Fasti
Artemis/Britomartis:
The daughter of Eubulus, was Britomartis. She took delight, they say, in running and in the chase, and was very dear to Artemis. Fleeing from Minos, who had fallen in love with her, she threw herself into nets which had been cast (aphemena) for a draught of fishes. She was made a goddess by Artemis, and she is worshipped, not only by the Cretans, but also by the Aegin
From Pausanias, Description of Greece
Hera/Selene:
Apesantus was first called Selenaeus. For Juno, resolving to be revenged upon Hercules, called the moon (Selene) to her assistance, who by the help of her magical charms filled a large chest full of foam and froth, out of which sprang an immense lion; which Iris binding with her own girdle carried to the mountain Opheltium, where the lion killed and tore in pieces Apesantus, one of the shepherds belonging to that place.
From Pseudo-Plutarch, Names of Rivers and Mountains
Athena/Chariclo:
Maidens, one nymph of old in Thebes did Athena love much, yea beyond all her companions, even the mother of Teiresias, and was never apart from her. But when she drave her steeds towards ancient Thespiae or towards Coroneia or to Haliartus, passing through the tilled fields of the Boeotians â or toward Coroneia where her fragrant grove and altars are set by the river Coralius â often did the goddess set the nymph upon her car and there was no dalliance of nymphs nor sweet ordering of dance, where Chariclo did not lead.
From Callimachus, Hymn on the Bath of Pallas
Daphne/Leucippus:
This is how the story of Daphne, the daughter of Amyclas, is related. She used never to come down into the town, nor consort with the other maidens; but she got together a large pack of hounds and used to hunt, either in Laconia, or sometimes going into the further mountains of the Peloponnese. For this reason she was very dear to Artemis, who gave her the gift of shooting straight. On one occasion she was traversing the country of Elis, and there Leucippus, the son of Oenomaus, fell in love with her; he resolved not to woo her in any common way, but assumed womenâs clothes, and, in the guise of a maiden, joined her hunt. And it so happened that she very soon became extremely fond of him, nor would she let him quit her side, embracing him and clinging to him at all times.
From Parthenius, Love Romances
Hera/Leto:
'This symbolical style is more common in the tales and legends. As for instance, they relate that Hera, being brought up in Euboea. was stolen away while yet a virgin by Zeus, and was carried across and hidden in this region, where Cithaeron afforded them a shady recess, nature's own bridal-chamber. And when Macris â she was Hera's nurse â came to seek her, and wished to make a search, Cithaeron would not let her pry about, or approach the spot, on pretence that Zeus was there resting and passing the time in company with Leto. And as Macris went away, Hera thus escaped discovery on that occasion, and afterwards calling to mind her debt of gratitude to Leto she adopted her as partner in a common altar and common temple, so that sacrifices are first offered to Leto ÎÏ Ïία, that is, 'of the inner shrine'; but some call her ÎÏ Ïία, 'goddess of night.'
From Eusebius, Preparation of the Gospels
Hera/Gaia:
When she had so spoken, she went apart from the gods, being very angry. Then straightway large-eyed queenly Hera prayed, striking the ground flatwise with her hand, and speaking thus: âHear now, I pray, Earth and wide Heaven above, and you Titan gods who dwell beneath the earth about great Tartarus, and from whom are sprung both gods and men! Harken you now to me, one and all, and grant that I may bear a child apart from Zeus, no wit lesser than him in strength â nay, let him be as much stronger than Zeus as all-seeing Zeus than Cronos.â Thus she cried and lashed the earth with her strong hand. Then the life-giving earth was moved: and when Hera saw it she was glad in heart, for she thought her prayer would be fulfilled. And thereafter she never came to the bed of wise Zeus for a full year, not to sit in her carved chair as aforetime to plan wise counsel for him, but stayed in her temples where many pray, and delighted in her offerings, large-eyed queenly Hera. But when the months and days were fulfilled and the seasons duly came on as the earth moved round, she bare one neither like the gods nor mortal men, fell, cruel Typhaon, to be a plague to men.
From the Homeric Hymn to Apollo
Iambe/Demeter:
But without laughing and not tasting food or drink
She sat wasting away in longing for her deep-girdled daughter,
Till Iambe, who was knowing and careful, with jests
Made many jokes and turned the mood of the divine lady,
By smiling and laughing, and keeping her heart gracious:
From the Homeric Hymn to Demeter
Hera/Maia:
The fable also says that although Juno persecuted all her rivals, she loved Maia. The story is fashioned this way because when the Sun is positioned in Taurus in the month of May, he makes his way through the Pleiades, one of which is Maia. They are in the knee of Taurus. Then the warmth of the air is tempered by spring showers, and from its temperateness seems to be joyful, as it were
From The Third Vatican Mythographer
Leto/Niobe:
And they worship Aphrodite Hetaira, who brings together male and female companions (áŒÏαίÏÎżÏ Ï Îșα᜶ áŒÏαίÏαÏ)- that is to say, mistresses." Accordingly, even to this day, freeborn women and maidens call their associates and friends their áŒÏαáżÏαÎč; as Sappho does, where she says- And now with tuneful voice I'll sing These pleasing songs to my companions (áŒÏαίÏαÎčÏ). And in another place she says- Niobe and Leto were of old Affectionate companions (áŒÏαáżÏαÎč) to each other.
From Athenaeus, Deipnosophists
Penthesilea/Theirichme:
On this vase, the woman on the left is identified as Theirichme by an inscription and is dressed like a Thracian maenad (a follower of the wine god Dionysus). She presents a hare, presumably as a gift, to the Amazon Penthesilea, who is armed with a bow and an ax. Theirichme has been identified as a woman hunter, and her gift of a hare is significant. In courtship scenes between males found on Attic vases, such as a red-figure kylix, or drinking cup, now in the Louvre (G 121), this is a gift of choice, where the erastÄs, or the lover, gives a hare to his erĆmenos, or beloved.
From the Journal of Lesbian Studies Volume 28, 2024 - Issue 2: Queer/Feminist Representations and Receptions of Amazons (I sadly cant find the vase description by the Archeological Museum Athens but the JLS seems generally reguarded as a legit academic publication so I assume it's not just randomly made up)
@hermesmoly I am very excited to help with this, I have copies of translations for most Servian works!
Servius on Aeneid 4.402
There is a tale: in Attica, there was a maiden named Myrmix, loved by Minerva for her chastity and diligence, who later incited Minervaâs anger against her. For when Minerva saw Ceres finding crops, wishing to show the Athenians how to better grow crops, she is said to have invented the plough. As she was using it, and Myrmix clung to her, she dared to secretly steal the handle of the plough and boast among people that Ceresâs gift was fruitless unless they used her invention, which allowed the land to yield crops more quickly. When Minerva found out, she turned Myrmix into an ant, an enemy to grain, which always pursues and steals it. This act moved Jupiter to mercy, and he devised how to honour the ants. When he placed Aeacus, his son born in Aegina, as king over Thessaly and saw the lands lacking people, he ordered ants to be gathered into one place and transformed them into humans, hence called Myrmidons.
And Theophilus, of the School of Zenodotus [3rd century BC], records that in Attica there were two siblings, Phalanx, the man, and the woman, named Arachne. But while Phalanx learned from Athena the martial arts and Arachne the art of weaving, they were abhorred by the goddess because they had intercourse with each other. They were transformed into animals who were eaten by their own offspring.
Combining the Arachne/Myrmex stories to get Arachne x Athena-until-Arachne-betrayed-her actually goes so hard imo. Especially with the scale of her betrayal in Ovid. Like. She taught you everything you knew and then you claimed to be better than her. Ouch.
i do think that one of the points absent from "is jon conventionally attractive" discourse is his insane charisma. even excluding sam, ygritte, val, and satin, we're left with jeor mormont, maester aemon, mance, dalla, and melisandre, who all like him. even stannis baratheon looks genuinenly fond of jon. and for a leader, charisma is far more important than handsomeness.
i do think that one of the points absent from "is jon conventionally attractive" discourse is his insane charisma. even excluding sam, ygritte, val, and satin, we're left with jeor mormont, maester aemon, mance, dalla, and melisandre, who all like him. even stannis baratheon looks genuinenly fond of jon. and for a leader, charisma is far more important than handsomeness.
bran stark appreciation month 2022 â Â day 12: soft momentsÂ
âAre they ever coming back?â Bran asked him. âYes,â Robb said with such hope in his voice that Bran knew he was hearing his brother and not just Robb the Lord. âMother will be home soon. Maybe we can ride out to meet her when she comes. Wouldnât that surprise her, to see you ahorse?âÂ
It is time to cross the Trident, Dany thought, as she wheeled and rode her silver back.
Dany and Rhaegar in armour inspired by Daemon's in the first episodes of House of the Dragon! This show reminded me why I fell in love with this story all those years ago, and also that I miss her.
lisa is humbly asking: a kiss along the jawline for rhaelya and/or a kiss to a scar (w jon's scars on the left eye in mind) for jonerys? if you don't mind? đđ
hiiiii đ„č here they are!!!!
Daenerys and Jon for #33 - kiss to a scar from this list
i know there's a lot of rhaegar-posting on this blog, but it's incredibly important to me that ppl know that i think jon is his mother's son first and foremost. lyanna is everything to me
But there were others with faces he had never known in life, faces he had seen only in stone. The slim, sad girl who wore a crown of pale blue roses and a white gown spattered with gore could only be Lyanna
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