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This cracks me up! Jupiter's moons were named after Jupiter's mistresses. Juno was his wife..
by curiousgal 10y ago
This cracks me up! Jupiter's moons were named after Jupiter's mistresses. Juno was his wife..
- Benjamin_Dobell 10y ago> Juno was his wife.. Was...? Now that's some dedicated faith, still practising Ancient Roman religions!
- dcuthbertson 10y agoWas is fine. Those gods have passed on to myth and legend.
- Agathos 10y agoSo if I say, "Darth Vader was Luke's father," do you have to remind me that Star Wars isn't real?
- legodt 10y agoThe only real error is the parent comment not using literary present tense, but that is being pedantic at best.
- JulianMorrison 10y agoSome people still do, well, a reconstructed version. Search for Religio Romana.
- ragazzina 10y ago"The god Jupiter drew a veil of clouds around himself to hide his mischief, but his wife, the goddess Juno, was able to peer through the clouds and see Jupiter's true nature."
- Florin_Andrei 10y agoWell, Ganymede was a guy, and the relationship between him and Zeus is a matter of some debate (inasmuch as mythical stories like this could be debated). Xenophon maintained that the relationship between Zeus and Ganymede was platonic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganymede_(mythology) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganymede_(mythology)