strangest sappho lore

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[ronoc]

You won't know him; he goes to a different island.

[pirategraveyarrr]

"no I do have a husband! He just comes from another island!"
"What island Sappho?"
(Trying to come up with a name)

[setster]

That's hilarious. Man, Sappho was cool.

[RollerBaller]

Imagine being so gay all gay women and literature is named after you. Legendary behaviour.

[ronnyshama]

Im guessing the uncensored version is Dick Allcock

[DumpsterDiverRaccoon]

She loved men, alright... Just the ones with a with a "wo" in front

[kinashy]

The term "sapphic" is named after her too. It means a women who are attracted to women but not exclusively so for example they might be bisexual

[tobiaskissel]

And according to legends she jumped of a cliff, because of unrequited love. Quite a greek ending to the story.

[daydreamerjim]

Kerkylas of Andros is actually just her drag king persona

[yamairad]

Imagine if he actually did exist. That would be hilarious.

[thatonemax]

IS THAT WHERE THE TERM SAPPHIC CAME FROM???

[Skydog]

Small correction her husband’s name is must likely is made up as it’s from a comedy play and I don’t think any other sources mention this
Edit from tekmogm the info comes from a medieval encyclopaedia and we think it’s referring to a lost comedy play

[caridadchang]

To make it clear, Sapho likely swung both ways, but she was seemingly not married and more of her poems for women have survived than her poems for men

[Soup_Whale]

sapho of lesbos sounds like an ironic "john running" name

[youvebeenpoisenedmug]

Imagine gaining the manliest name only for people 2000 years later think you didnt exist because your name is funny

[The_Hanged-Man]

Wait until Biggus Dickus hears about this!

[kalkuttadrop]

To be fair John Richards and Wood Hardington are both real names

[ACID_]

The ancient version of "my girlfriend is from Canada, you don't know her"

[auraFireblood]

Would the modern day version be like..Dick Smith from MANhattan

[SenatorAwesomesauce]

I’m married to Manfred von Mannington of Dickhaver County.