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[edit] "Diachronically heavy"

I don't understand what the sentence "Therefore, western literature is diachronically heavy with allusions to the heritage of the ancient Greek myths" means. I would guess it either means A) throughout the history of western literature, there are allsuions to Greek myths or B) an allusion to Greek myth has 2500 years behind it, so when I speak of "Odysseus", the reference is not only to Homer, but also to Euripides, Ovid, Dante, and Joyce. Either way, I think the sentence needs to be rewritten to be clearer, and I hope the editor who wrote the sentence can clarify what s/he meant. --Akhilleus (talk) 05:41, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

It is the A.--Yannismarou 09:07, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the response. In my judgment the sentence is unnecessary, since the rest of the paragraph already tells us that Greek mythology has had influence on culture, art, and literature throughout western history, so I have removed it. --Akhilleus (talk) 05:28, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

OK! But I think a citation would still be useful there.--Yannismarou 10:18, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Albanian nonsense

I agree with the removal of the section some anon user keeps putting in claiming that Greek mythology comes from Albanian beliefs. That's just sheer nonsense that no reputable academic has ever said. The idea that the Albanians became Christian and then cast off their old beliefs to the Greeks is especially ridiculous, as Greek beliefs were around longer than Christianity. Looks like some nationalistic wishful thinking by some woefully undereducated individual who doesn't understand that Wikipedia articles are for facts as the world sees them and not brand new fanciful theories... DreamGuy 00:03, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

Bold text —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.155.64.35 (talk) 20:16, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] List of names

Should there be a list of all the gods, and maybe even mortals that were related to gods? It could help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.3.153.229 (talk) 23:24, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

I am uncertain mythology is important.  ; )
This article is quite long, and shouldn't be bloated by lists of names. There are some navigation templates that might be worth including in the article: {{Greek myth (Olympian)}}, {{Greek myth}}, and so on. --Akhilleus (talk) 17:04, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
dully noted and thank you for the quick reply. Ill try helping in the regard of templates though my skills in such are mediocre at best. --ParthianPrince (talk) 20:54, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] request for redirect(if it exist) "xenomandias"

Thers some greek story or myth,or something like that.It's about a guy that he is called xenomandias (more or less).The story is something like this.In the desert ,in the middle of nothing,a traveler notices between the rocks,one with inscription for Xenomandias(more or less), about how great this great king?/Emperor? is,and that everybody will remember him for ever and ever.I really liked the irony of the story,but the spelling of the name is incorrect,and i can't find it.--88.82.47.59 (talk) 17:56, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

If theres no relevant article concerning this,can somebody post here the correct spelling of the name.--88.82.47.59 (talk) 18:02, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Mythology

teach people things  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Itidus (talk • contribs) 04:44, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

I think that mythology is also a great way to learn. I enjoy hearing the same myth but with a different way of the story unfolding. That is my favorite part about myths. --DragonForce99 (talk) 04:53, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
























greek gods are not real

this is retarded —Preceding unsigned comment added by 150.176.57.34 (talk) 15:38, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] apollo

apollo was the sun god.but before apollo came up helios was the sun god.no one knows how helios came up.But helios was the son of zeus. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.14.178.106 (talk) 03:23, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

The Iliad and The Odyssey are the oldest known literary sources within Greek mythology. Currently, due to the phrasing, it may mislead readers to believe these are the two oldest known literary sources EVER. (This would be untrue.) I don't know how to edit this page though, so could someone change it?129.173.209.5 (talk) 18:02, 6 June 2008 (UTC)