Greek Civ. Professor: To the ancient Greeks, sex was only valid when a penis was involved so they believed it was impossible for two women to have sex.
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Me: Wait, wait, wait! So according to the ancient Greek view of sex not being possible when it's between ancient women, and Sparta encouraging Spartan women to have female lovers to avoid loneliness from absent husbands because it didn't count as cheating, Are you telling me that when the virgin goddesses wanted to always remain chaste, it was more of an anti-pee pee club because lesbian sex didn't count?
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Greek Civ. Professor: Yup.
And suddenly the scene in the Odyssey where the virgin goddess Athena tells Odysseus "I'm off to Sparta, where the women are a wonder," has a whole new meaning:
(Line 469, p. 299, Trans. Robert Fagles: (LINK))
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Thalia - would probably be queen of lesbos if this were ancient greece
Percy - whatever the fuck he doing it dont seem straight 🙁
Nico - just gay.
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I swear if percy mf jackson dont look like this 😤
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