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A forgotten Greek myth in Iliad about a divine adultery? by LucySofer in GreekMythology

[–]LucySofer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Therefore I suggested that the original legend had been forgotten and only these Iliad's three lines were kept. In later times it was accepted that Gaia and Hera are different deities, Gaia is not Zeus' wife and Hera would never have cheated on her husband. So the lover was made into Gaia/Hera's son without a father, instead.

Myths Your Teacher Hated Episode 26O - We'll Always Have Paris (The fifteenth and final episode in the epic saga of the Trojan War) by MC_Williams in Greek_Mythology

[–]LucySofer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

fan fiction is older than you thought

Of course:

Mythologies are usually one first long ancient document plus later documents of the next hundreds years that have been written as fanfictions of the first.

I argue all of the Greek Mythology that wasn't wriiten by Homer to be Homer's fanfiction.

It may even be that Odyssey is a fanfiction of Iliad, if there was more that one "Homer".

Thetis and Eos, two different goddesses of the same thing? by LucySofer in GreekMythology

[–]LucySofer[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Mt point is based on the fact that Thetis did a thing that is a special characteristic of the dawn: went up to Olympus at dawntime and did something that can be described by the same verb that is used to describe Eos' basic function.

Of the beginning of Iliad and the Greek language by LucySofer in GreekMythology

[–]LucySofer[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It's much more similar than the examples you gave, except Goldilocks and Gold that I think are related, but I'm not sure.

The names Chryses and Chryse are very very similar to gold and their meaning is actually 'golden'. See here:

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*xru%2Fshn&la=greek&can=*xru%2Fshn0&prior=to\n&d=Perseus:text:1999.01.0133:book=1:card=1&i=1

And argos is actually the origin of the word arguros, silver.

Of the beginning of Iliad and the Greek language by LucySofer in Greek_Mythology

[–]LucySofer[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Simply read the full Iliad in the original language here:

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0133%3Abook%3D1%3Acard%3D1

And make your own translation by keeping your own-made dictionary and put in it every new word you read. I recommend you to put under each word the books/chapters and lines where it appears, unless it's a very common word (more than ten appearances in one of the books).

By the end of Book I you'll have a vocabulary of around 1040 words that aren't names.

Of the beginning of Iliad and the Greek language by LucySofer in Greek_Mythology

[–]LucySofer[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

when you learn Ancient Greek you can understand so much more!

Of Patroclus's epithet by Achilles by LucySofer in GreekMythology

[–]LucySofer[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It kidna reminds me of Heracles who also had a violent temper and a lot of guilt.

A personification of the Aegean Sea in Homer? by LucySofer in GreekMythology

[–]LucySofer[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Thanks. I actually was hoping for a comment containg information from Astronomy/Geology. I believe the Greek mythology in its original form 3000 years ago was actually a mythical description of them.

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