Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
GANYMEDE
Ganymede
(noun) the largest of Jupiter’s satellites
Ganymede
(noun) (Greek mythology) a Trojan boy who was so beautiful that Zeus carried him away to serve as cupbearer to the gods
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Proper noun
Ganymede
(Greek god) A Trojan boy who was abducted (either by Zeus or Eos), and ultimately became immortal in order to be Zeus' cupbearer.
(astronomy) A moon of Jupiter.
Noun
Ganymede (plural Ganymedes)
A servant boy or young waiter, particularly one who serves liquor.
A boy kept for pederastic purposes; a catamite.
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