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Graeco-Roman Mythology WLW-Ship Iceberg

(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 go—it were a shameful thing—to array that man's couch; all the women of Troy will blame me hereafter; and I have measureless griefs at heart.” Then stirred to wrath fair Aphrodite spake to her: “Provoke 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.” 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, — ten years and three had gone, and then your father found a bride for you O Iphis — 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 — 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: “Hera, wherefore art thou come? Thou art as one distraught. In good sooth the son of Cronos hath affrighted thee, he thine own husband.” Then made answer to her, the goddess, white-armed Hera: “Ask 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.”

From Homer, Iliad

Hera/Aphrodite:

This she laid in her hands, and spake, and addressed her: “Take 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.” 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. [...] 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 — or toward Coroneia where her fragrant grove and altars are set by the river Coralius — 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 women’s 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 — she was Hera's nurse — 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 Μυχία, that is, 'of the inner shrine'; but some call her Νυχία, '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: “Hear 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 — nay, let him be as much stronger than Zeus as all-seeing Zeus than Cronos.” 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 (ἑταίρους καὶ ἑταίρας)- that is to say, mistresses." Accordingly, even to this day, freeborn women and maidens call their associates and friends their ἑταῖραι; as Sappho does, where she says- And now with tuneful voice I'll sing These pleasing songs to my companions (ἑταίραις). And in another place she says- Niobe and Leto were of old Affectionate companions (ἑταῖραι) 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 erastēs, or the lover, gives a hare to his erōmenos, 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)

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[rottenpumpkin13]

Minigeal introduces Miniroth to Ice cream (specifically a cone) for the first time. Despite his understandings of thermodynamics, there's ice cream all down his hand, and some on his mouth.

You’d think the idea of Miniroth experiencing ice cream for the first time would be a wholesome milestone. But these are teenage super-soldiers with no adult supervision, and Angeal possesses the volatile “just do it right” kind of rage, while Sephiroth has the “how is this logically or functionally acceptable??” rage.

*Angeal is driving the company sedan they snuck out of the Shinra garage. Sephiroth is in the passengers seat, frozen in horror. The ice cream has completely melted and is now all over him and the car*

Angeal: WHY DID YOU JUST WATCH IT MELT?

Sephiroth: BECAUSE LAST TIME I CHECKED, THERMODYNAMICS DICTATE THAT FROZEN SOLIDS LIQUEFY UPON CONTACT WITH AMBIENT HEAT!

Angeal: YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO EAT IT, SEPHIROTH! BEFORE IT MELTED!

Sephiroth: FOOD SHOULD NOT HAVE A EXPIRATION TIMER OF FORTY SECONDS! HUMAN DIGESTION WAS NOT DESIGNED TO RACE A PHASE CHANGE REACTION!

Angeal: IT’S ICE CREAM! I EXPLAINED THE ENTIRE CONCEPT TO YOU IN THE PARKING LOT!

Sephiroth: HOW IS CONSUMING A SUBSTANCE UNDER EXTREME TIME PRESSURE ENJOYABLE?

Angeal: SWEET GODDESS, I’M NEVER TAKING YOU ANYWHERE AGAIN! WE CAN’T HAVE ONE NORMAL LUNCH BREAK!

Genesis, from the backseat: Is this a bad time to mention I brought alcohol for him to try out?

Sephiroth, turning around: Ooh—

Angeal: NO!

[rottenpumpkin13]

Sephiroth knocks Cloud to the ground during a fight and keeps calling "Fog" until Cloud stands back up.

There’s nothing funnier than the implication that Sephiroth has a sense of humor and knows puns. Knocking Cloud to the ground wasn’t enough—now he’s resorting to petty teasing just because he can.

*Cloud is on the ground*

Sephiroth: Fascinating. Now that you’ve descended to ground level, I suppose I must address you as Fog.

*Cloud tries to stand up. Sephiroth casually nudges him back down again*

Sephiroth: Do you grasp the joke, Cloud? Because a cloud that has lost its altitude and touches the earth is, by definition, fog.

*Cloud tries to stand up. Sephiroth casually nudges him back down again*

Sephiroth: Fog Strife. Do you understand? Because fog is low altitude vapor, a minor atmospheric phenomenon where—

Fog: I GET IT, YOU ASSHOLE

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Sephiroth in a peignoir

[sephicel]

doodle ^_^

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good sky day today

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some more good sky days recently

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the sky was so good at the mall today I took like 20 pictures

[the-haiku-bot]

the sky was so good

at the mall today I took

like 20 pictures

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

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[oifaaa]

I've said it before but I'll say it again I refuse to believe anyone that likes turning themselves into the opposite gender as much as Naruto does is anything close to cis I cant prove it but I know in my heart that lad is gender fluid

[koreis]

I like to think all the clan’s common sense and charm went to Shisui after skipping many generations