Hi Clement, That's correct. Unfortunately, most of the western translations of Greek works like the Iliad and Odyssey are second hand. I.E. translated from Latin instead of Greek so names of people, places, and things tend to be commonly known by their Latain or Roman names rather than their original Greek names. For example, let's take the Greek hero Haracles. If we are using the Greek the name is Haracles. However, in Europe and in the U.S. we think of him as Hercules. This translation of the name is reinforced by books, movies, television shows, etc were the Latain name, Hercules, is used instead of the Greek name, Haracles. People who aren't very versed in aalternative translations or versions of the classics probably aren't aware of this diference in language and spelling between names of popular characters.
We do the same thing with Egiptian writing as well. Even though Egyptologists might know what a benu is ask the average American what it is and they'll give you a dumb look. Turn around and ask them what a phoenix is and they'll tell you exactly what it is. The thing is that benu is ancient Egyptian for phoenix, and the word phoenix is ancient Greek. It is simply a matter of which word gets associated with that creature, character, or concept in the mind of the general public. On 4/4/11, Clement Chou <chou.clem...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm assuming authenticity means in this case a latin name in a game > that's supposed to be Greek, right? lol. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
