Talk:Ethiopia (mythology)

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I've changed it from being an Africa stub to being a Middle Eastern history stub. Phoenician Ethiopia wasn't in Africa, unless you view modern Israel as being an African country. M-Henry 18:29, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Ok, but wasn't Memnon a black king of Ethiopia during the Trojan War? Albmont 02:12, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

It's very difficult to say. Some sources say he was black, but other's have him as the son of Tithonus, a Trojan king, Eos, a Titan goddess. Anyway, it is probable that the Ethiopia mentioned by Homer (Memnon's Ethiopia) is separate from Cepheus' Ethiopia. "Ethiopia" seems to have been used by Greeks of different times for several different lands. Besides, we're not talking about a single moment in history, we're talking about the period of several centuries. Orecalimo 10:50, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

And the whole matter is further confused by connection of Memnon with the twin statues of Amenhotep III in the Theban necropolis. Orecalimo 10:56, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

According to the Encyclopedia Britanica, Comon (the source listed for this article) has no surviving works. I'm having problems understanding how he can be considered a credible (and sole) source for this alternate version of Ethiopia when there is no way to check his work. This idea of the "Phoenician Ethiopia" seems very far-fetched. Muhrasheed 15:16, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

the ethiopia they mean is ancient sudan and not phoenicia, so unless m-henry or anyone else can provide proof it means phoenicia i will change the article when im next on Viola76 (talk) 06:31, 20 November 2007 (UTC) viola76

This article needs a little reworking. Ethiopia (or Aethiopia, or Aithiopia or whatever regional spelling you want to use) different things in different myths (and histories) of the ancient world. In the Andromeda myth, there are different theories as the location of Cepheus and his family. Conon of Samos (Yes, there are surviving works Muhrasheed, but no complete book with an English translation) provided a historical basis of the Andromeda/Perseus legend, basing Cepheus' kingdom around Ioppa (=Joppa, =Jaffa, =Tel Aviv). And there are other theories. What would actually be worthwhile would be to use this page to discuss the different theories and different meanings of Ethiopia in the ancient Roman and Greek sources. I'll make a start on it soon when I have time. Orecalimo 00:41, 4 December 2007 (UTC)Orecalimo

The word Ethiopia can be loosely translated to mean 'people of burnt faces'. This generally refers to dark peoples of the world who in ancient civilizations (and to an extent to this day) live in the area that encompassed Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Australia. If you're really interested in getting to the bottom of this issue, this http://www.nbufront.org/html/MastersMuseums/JGJackson/EthiopiaOriginOfCivilization.html would be a good place to start reading. If not, I guess alternative history that puts the white man on a pedestal will suffice. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Peelinglayers (talk • contribs) 00:49, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

If ancient Ethiopia is modern day Isreal, and its ancient capital, Joppa, modern day Tel Aviv, how do you put in context the wars that have gone on between Ethiopians and Isrealis as recoreded in Hebrew history? These are wars apart from the Isrealis were invovled in with Philistines, so don't attemt to paint the Ethiopians as Philistines. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Peelinglayers (talk • contribs) 11:47, 15 April 2008 (UTC)