Talk:List of Greek mythological figures/Archive 2

Archive 1

Archive 2

Cronus as "Titan of harvests and of destructive time."?

This edit asserts that Cronus was the "Titan of harvests and of destructive time", and cites Dronke, Peter. (edit.) Marenbon, John. Poetry and Philosophy in the Middle Ages, Leiden, The Netherlands. BRILL, 2001; pg. 316. But I can find nothing on that page to support such an assertion. Can anyone who thinks otherwise please quote the relevant passage? Paul August ☎ 23:20, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

FYI, google-books searches of the entire cited work for "harvests" "destruction" "destructive" and "time" yield nothing of relevance to Cronus. Haploidavey (talk) 00:06, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

Sorry, I should have checked the article history and the source itself. As you say, it doesn't support the text. MPS1992 (talk) 17:41, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

Apollo

In Article text: "Apollo (Ἀπόλλων, Apóllōn) God of music, arts, knowledge, healing, plague, prophecy, poetry, manly beauty, and archery. [...] Although Apollo is the god of the sun in Roman mythology, Helios is the god of the sun in Greek mythology. [...] His Roman counterpart is also named Apollo."

Something has to be wrong here, since these lines contradict eachother. It says in Greek mythology Apollo is the God of music, etc. & In Roman Mythology Apollo is the god of the sun & The Roman counterpart is also named Apollo. Either Apollo is not the god of the sun in Roman mythology or the Roman counterpart is not also named Apollo (OR I don't understand it.)

Please have a look at it. Thanks.

ChrisNL (talk) 23:37, 5 October 2016 (UTC)

I see some possible misconceptions you (as well as some of the writers of this article) might have. One is that mythology is static, unchanging over time - but it isn't, it evolves. In Greek mythology Helios, a Titan, and thus a member of the older generation of gods preceding the Olympians, was the personification of the sun. So he was not just a sun god (there could be more than one), or even the god of the sun, he was the sun. But "from the fifth century [BC] onwards, the Olympian Apollo began to be understood as a sun god." (Walter Burkert, Greek Religion p. 145) Thus making Apollo a sun god, along with Helios. This evolution continued to the point where Apollo began to be identified, even equated, with Helios, so Apollo at this point might have been considered to be the sun god, though probably not usually thought of as actually being the sun, as Helios was. In Roman mythology their more or less counterparts are Sol, and Apollo. Like Helios, Sol was the personification of the sun, and like the Greek Apollo, the Roman Apollo was also a sun god. Whether the Roman Apollo should be considered the sun god, more so than the Greek Apollo should be, I can't really say, but it would make sense, since it comes later in the evolutionary development. But another possible misconception you might have is thinking that if X is the Greek god of Y, then the Roman counterpart of X must be the Roman god of Y - but that is just too simplistic (and in fact the whole "god of X" thing is problematic). Paul August ☎ 01:06, 6 October 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 4 November 2019

I don't have an account but I've always loved Greek mythology and i was hoping I could elaborate a little bit 208.64.146.210 (talk) 18:56, 4 November 2019 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. aboideau^talk 19:01, 4 November 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 15 June 2020

Please list this page in categories "Greek gods" and Greek goddesses" for easier navigation. Smarkatch (talk) 18:33, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

 Already done RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 18:43, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 7 February 2021

I would recommend that the section about Caeneus be moved to the heroes section and removed from the notable women section. The main article for Caeneus uses he/him pronouns and the character is male. The current placement may be interpreted by some as misgendering. AranSJ (talk) 02:53, 8 February 2021 (UTC)

In the list of "Personified concepts" both Soter and Soteria link to Soter_(daimon) but the latter should link to of Soteria_(mythology) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:647:CD00:DF0:886E:F5B8:37FC:DA45 (talk) 18:30, 12 May 2022 (UTC)

"All the greek gods" listed at Redirects for discussion

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Help about this

I have a project about Greek god, Can anyone help me? 5.219.192.131 (talk) 12:31, 30 November 2022 (UTC)

Lists????

Don't see any list. 47.180.227.70 (talk) 02:14, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

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