I think Myth.Greco Roman Mythology would be fine to add as a redirect, but classical mythology is seemingly still the most common term, and like Classical Music and classical antiquity, I don't know that it's our place to change it. It's based on a Eurocentric, western tradition of scholarship, yes (classic, from the Latin classis, used to mean "first among its kind" or "first in class"), but the term is historical at this point, and we don't really have another term that covers the same body of work — classical mythology is now as much the interpretation and study of those medieval scholars as the original myths, too. So while I get how maybe Western Classical Mythology or Hellenistic Mythology might be more precise, I think the current title still has a better recognition factor.
I wouldn't mind adding a paragraph to the description noting that, despite the connotation of the word classical, this is not actually the standard by which all mythologies are judged, though. Not even all European mythologies.
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What would seem like a good namespace for this, given that this is a work page after all. Literature may be the most fitting, unless there's something else which really works for this.
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Is there a Mythology And Religion namespace? If so, it should go under that.
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*** Other versions state that Aphrodite was given to Hephaistos (long story why...) and the story how Hepahistos caught the two in a trap was a classical... Hephaistos makes an invisible and unbreakable net (remember he is the artisan of the gods) and throws it over Aphrodite and Ares as they are going at it and calls all of the gods to see what happened. All the gods make fun of the two (and Apollo tells Hermes that he wouldn't want to be seen like this and the fellow answers that it wouldn't matter to him if all of the gods were peeping and that he'd be tied somewhere as long as he got Aphrodite)... afterward there are several versions, some banishing the two gods from the olymp, others suggesting a divorce and others just don't seem to care about it and go on like it was before...
*** Unfortunately for Orpheus and Eurydice there was a condition to be fulfilled upon Eurydice's return (while walking back to the surface he was not to look back at any cost)... and Orpheus didn't keep his promise (in the last moment) and lost her once and for all...
Pulled from the entry because they didn't fit where they were placed, though they could work elsewhere.
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I was wondering if this line should be pulled.
- And I Must Scream: There are quite a few examples:
- Medusa inflicted this on anyone who made eye-contact with her.
Is it ever stated or even implied that medusa's victims are conscious after being turned to stone? If not then it's not and i must scream
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I'm not a fan of the opinionated short shrift to the Romans at the top. It kindof contradicts what comes later; it shortshrifts their "contribution" to Classical Mythology at large, but later admits that they have their own tradition. If no one responds I'll probably cut that paragraph.
Recently, I added a list of Greek/Roman mythological works. Now it occured to me that technically most of the ancient Greek tragedies should be here to. They would, however, make the works list huge (there are seventeen of them, if I counted right).
Any opinions how to handle this? Maybe put the dramas in a folder of their own?
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You could just advert to the major Classical tragedians, instead of all their plays: Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Seneca would do fine.
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OK, that's a reasonable solution.
Let's just say and leave it at that.
Does Etruscan mythology count as classical? I mean, they have all the same characters, just different names.
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The Etruscan and Roman religions are hard to distinguish by the time history records them in real detail. However, a lot of the Republic's distinctively Roman (non-Greek) practices were probably adopted from the Etruscans. The latter were animists and dévotés of divine places in a way that almost certainly influenced the Roman's "household gods" and sacred groves.
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** Actually that was more within Eris' character. It is said that she would call forth war and delight in it. Ares would slaughter anyone who opposed him in it. The reason he was disliked was because he had an affair with Aphrodite and killing one of Poisodian's son for raping( or at least trying) his daughter. The other gods didn't really care if he was killing mortals since they were pretty much doing the same...
Cutting this bit and editing the Scrappy entry somewhat so it's hopefully more acceptable. While the above is true, the entry seems to be referencing more the passage in the Iliad. Also, per editing tip 0, if something's wrong and needs to be changed, just change it.
Could this be renamed to "Greco-Roman Mythology" instead of Classical Mythology? The latter title makes it sound like the baseline by which all other mythologies are judged.
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