Xena and Greek mythology?
Daniel Tropea
Does anyone know if Xena is based on any
Greek character in mythology. I think no
but i could be wrong.
Brad Filippone
Daniel Tropea (Fals...@webtv.net) wrote:
: Does anyone know if Xena is based on any
: Greek character in mythology. I think no
: but i could be wrong.
I don't believe so. but then they're not making any effort to get their
mythoology correct anyway. I saw one episode that featured both Aphrodite
and Cupid. One is Greek mythology and the other is Roman
brad
Nina & Akiva Smith
In <5vbj22$7gl$1...@News.Dal.Ca> al...@chebucto.ns.ca (Brad Filippone)
writes:
Not quite. They just mixed languages with their names. Aphrodite (Venus
to the Romans) was the mother of Eros (Cupid to the Romans). But your
main point - that they don't put any sweat into getting it right - is
one of the truest things ever posted.
But of course there are some interesting warrior-woman characters in
classical mythology. The Amazons are the best-known; Atalanta is also a
favorite.
nina
Shin Chyang Yu
In article <5vbn0k$s...@sjx-ixn9.ix.netcom.com>,
Nina & Akiva Smith <sn...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>
>But of course there are some interesting warrior-woman characters in
>classical mythology. The Amazons are the best-known; Atalanta is also a
>favorite.
>
fast.
Podkayne Fries
On 12 Sep 1997 17:07:05 GMT, sc...@watt.seas.Virginia.EDU (Shin
Chyang Yu) wrote:
Here's an article about Atalanta from my daughter's Encarta
encyclopedia. I'm sure that you can find an expanded version of
this myth somewhere on the web.
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Atalanta, in Greek mythology, the daughter of Schoeneus of
Boeotia or of Iasus of Arcadia. Disappointed that she was not a
boy, her father abandoned her on a mountainside shortly after her
birth. She was rescued and nursed by a she-bear and later raised
by hunters. By the time she had grown up, she was a skilled
hunter herself. The feat for which she became especially famous
was her participation in the boar hunt of Calydon, a city of
Aetolia in central Greece.
According to another legend, Atalanta was a fleet-footed runner
who offered to marry anyone who could defeat her in a race. Those
who lost were killed. The youth Hippomenes (or Melanion) won with
the aid of Aphrodite, goddess of love, who gave him three golden
apples of the Hesperides. He dropped them one by one, and, by
stopping to pick them up, Atalanta lost the race. She and
Hippomenes were later turned into lions because of an affront to
the gods. Parthenopaeus, their son, joined the expedition of the
Seven Against Thebes.
"Atalanta," Microsoft(R) Encarta(R) 97 Encyclopedia. (c)
1993-1996 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
--------
Regards, Podkayne Fries
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Shay Gordon-Brown
Daniel Tropea wrote:
>
> Does anyone know if Xena is based on any
> Greek character in mythology. I think no
> but i could be wrong.
women in which she was probably drawn from.
Bellona - roman goddess of war,
Atalanta - huntress and athlete,
Diana - goddess of the moon and a huntress,
Artemis - the virgin huntress - but only the huntress part applies to
Xena.
Themis - goddess of law and justice.
Nemesis - goddess of retribution.
Nike (Victoria) - goddess of victory.
Penthesilea - Queen of the Amazons.
There was a Goddess called Polyxena - she was put to death by Achilles
ghost.
All these are of course goddesses. Xena is a mortal and has no such
powers.
Shay
Alison M. Hendon
Daniel Tropea wrote:
>>
>> Does anyone know if Xena is based on any
>> Greek character in mythology. I think no
>> but i could be wrong.
On another point, isn't it interesting that Xena in Greek means
"stranger" (female)? See the word xenophobe (one who fears strangers)
for instance.
Alison
christian d. ninsananda
Nina & Akiva Smith wrote:
>
> In <5vbj22$7gl$1...@News.Dal.Ca> al...@chebucto.ns.ca (Brad Filippone)
> writes:
> >
> >: Does anyone know if Xena is based on any
> >: Greek character in mythology. I think no
> >: but i could be wrong.
> >
> their
> >mythoology correct anyway. I saw one episode that featured both
> Aphrodite
> >and Cupid. One is Greek mythology and the other is Roman
> >
> >brad
>
> Not quite. They just mixed languages with their names. Aphrodite (Venus
> to the Romans) was the mother of Eros (Cupid to the Romans). But your
> main point - that they don't put any sweat into getting it right - is
> one of the truest things ever posted.
>
> classical mythology. The Amazons are the best-known; Atalanta is also a
> favorite.
>
For the most part they try to use the Greek names, but they also want to
use the name that is more recognizable to the public. Many people may
not know who Heracles is, so they use the Roman name Hercules which
everyone knows. The same goes with Eros (Cupid).
christian
David Johnston
Shay Gordon-Brown wrote:
>
> Daniel Tropea wrote:
> >
> > Does anyone know if Xena is based on any
> > Greek character in mythology. I think no
> > but i could be wrong.
> women in which she was probably drawn from.
>
> Bellona - roman goddess of war,
> Atalanta - huntress and athlete,
> Diana - goddess of the moon and a huntress,
> Artemis - the virgin huntress - but only the huntress part applies to
> Xena.
> Themis - goddess of law and justice.
> Nemesis - goddess of retribution.
> Nike (Victoria) - goddess of victory.
> Penthesilea - Queen of the Amazons.
> There was a Goddess called Polyxena - she was put to death by Achilles
> ghost.
>
> All these are of course goddesses. Xena is a mortal and has no such
> powers.
>
> Shay
Atalanta was not a goddess, and her moderately superhuman
abilities would be reasonably compared to Xena.
Penthelesia was also not a goddess, and was tough enough
to take on Achilles, who also had superhuman abilities.
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Greek goddesses ALWAY had NICE *tits?*
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In <5vbsrp$bvl$1...@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> sc...@watt.seas.Virginia.EDU
(Shin Chyang Yu) writes:
>
>In article <5vbn0k$s...@sjx-ixn9.ix.netcom.com>,
>Nina & Akiva Smith <sn...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>>
>>classical mythology. The Amazons are the best-known; Atalanta is also
a
>>favorite.
>>
>fast.
>
>
Technically you may be right, but she was good with weapons, having
brought down the Calydonian boar. But she does fit more in the mold of
huntress than warrior. Okay, so I stretched a bit ...
nina
Sarah L. C. Cannell
In a previous article, Sha...@mailbox.uq.edu.au (Shay Gordon-Brown) says:
>There was a Goddess called Polyxena - she was put to death by Achilles
>ghost.
>
>All these are of course goddesses. Xena is a mortal and has no such
>powers.
Polyxena was not a goddess; she was the daughter of Hecuba and Priam.
Achilles' ghost demanded that Polyxena be sacrificed to him.
sarah
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Shin Chyang Yu
In article <341A4288...@mailbox.uq.edu.au>,
Shay Gordon-Brown <Sha...@mailbox.uq.edu.au> wrote:
>
>Diana - goddess of the moon and a huntress,
>Artemis - the virgin huntress - but only the huntress part applies to
>Xena.
Isn't Diana just Roman version of Artemis?
John Yu
Gharlane of Eddore
In <3419cc67...@news3.ee.net> ch...@magnacom.net writes:
>
> Here's an article about Atalanta from my daughter's Encarta
> encyclopedia. I'm sure that you can find an expanded version of
> this myth somewhere on the web.
>
> --------
> Atalanta, in Greek mythology, the daughter of Schoeneus of
> Boeotia or of Iasus of Arcadia. Disappointed that she was not a
> boy, her father abandoned her on a mountainside shortly after her
> birth. She was rescued and nursed by a she-bear and later raised
> by hunters. By the time she had grown up, she was a skilled
> hunter herself. The feat for which she became especially famous
> was her participation in the boar hunt of Calydon, a city of
> Aetolia in central Greece.
>
> According to another legend, Atalanta was a fleet-footed runner
> who offered to marry anyone who could defeat her in a race. Those
> who lost were killed. The youth Hippomenes (or Melanion) won with
> the aid of Aphrodite, goddess of love, who gave him three golden
> apples of the Hesperides. He dropped them one by one, and, by
> stopping to pick them up, Atalanta lost the race. She and
> Hippomenes were later turned into lions because of an affront to
> the gods. Parthenopaeus, their son, joined the expedition of the
> Seven Against Thebes.
>
> "Atalanta," Microsoft(R) Encarta(R) 97 Encyclopedia. (c)
> 1993-1996 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
>
And best of all, she's played by Corey Everson.