Greek Mythology

Gecko

the Gods are similer in both greek and roman mythology, but while the greeks lets their Gods sit on mnt olympus, the romans lets their Gods be named after the planets
ie..zues (jupiter)
aries (mars)
aphridiete (venus)
ect........
ps sorry for any mistakes in my spelling, not to good with the names

RUBBISH!!!! grrrrrrrr........ i hate it when people do that...

right, let's get the facts straight... the first ones to name planets after their gods were the babylonians, the greeks basically took that habit and renamed the planets after their gods... the babylonian marduk, for example, was turned into the greek zeus, which in turn has been turned into the roman jupiter, which is why that planet is still called that way nowadays...

so, the romans did not call the gods after the planets, they called the PLANETS AFTER THE GODS...

get your facts right, mate, and don't mess with an archaeoastronomer :P

Lisser wrote:

There she is!! My little archaeologist!!!! I knew you'd come out of hiding for some digging!!!! You big bitch! I miss ya!!!

;)

well, i can't stay away from topics like that, luv :P they're just too tempting for me...

i miss ya too!!! are you in the chatroom at some point??? maybe i'll pop round... queenzone or queenfanclub??

LittleBabyNothing wrote:

Lisser wrote:

There she is!! My little archaeologist!!!! I knew you'd come out of hiding for some digging!!!! You big bitch! I miss ya!!!

;)

well, i can't stay away from topics like that, luv :P they're just too tempting for me...

i miss ya too!!! are you in the chatroom at some point??? maybe i'll pop round... queenzone or queenfanclub??

Queenfanclub died. I killed it..had to put it out of its misery!! I go in QZ chat quite frequently. Come on in!!!

Where are you? Still in Vienna?

littlebabynothing......GRRRRRRRR, i hate it when people stand on a soapbox with something intellegent to say.....

your right, i worded that wrong, the planets were named AFTER the Gods, and i said the Gods were named after the planets.just misplaced the words in the wrong order, its called a mistake and we all do them.

believe me , after your small outcry of anger over that, i wont mess with you :)
i feel like i walked into a star wars convention and screwed up the name of the 334th stormtrooper with the 230th one,and felt the responce of a convention full of pocket protector fact finding intergallatic space nerds who idolize comicbook guy all wanting to throw their pre packaged star wars figures at me for goofing. please dont get so "GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR", its ok, really, it is

but thank you for your responce,and yes, you were correct and i see that now i made the mistake of rearranging my words.but please dont be so harsh about it, its not like i knew the ancient people personally.
ok..seriously, im just having fun with this, i do thank you for correcting me and yes, you were right ...have a good day

aye, folks, i've just finished reading this fantastic book... it's, well, sort of about greek mythology, all the gods appear and stuff, and even jason, the hero, but it's set in modern times and the gods are ex-gods because they've been replaced by the ONE god... :P

it's "ye gods!" by tom holt

HILARIOUS!!

My name’s Daphne and I want to tell you about this great ebook that’s just come on-line. It’s a fiction novel set in a Cornish fishing village called Linappoll where four Olympian gods are said to be still living in hiding.

It’s a fantasy novel, of course, but the book has left me with a strange taste at the end, I don’t know why. Maybe it’s because Zeus is depicted as a senile postman, Apollo as a ballad singing drunkard and Hephaestus as a recluse living in an abandoned mine. It’s far more than just an adventure story and proposes a who new creation myth the likes of which I’ve heard before.

It’s called ‘The Last Temple of Apollo’ and it makes a great read. I think there’s more to it than meets the eye in this book and frankly, I don’t think this is just a book for kids.

Anyway, here’s the link.

http://www.dpdotcom.com/apollo.htm


You can read the first two chapters for free and if you like it, you can buy the book.
I would also like to hear what you thought of it.

Enjoy.


Daphne Demajo