tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233685335369677578.post4290254155627857914..comments2021-04-14T06:09:44.320-07:00Comments on The Labors of Ki'shto'ba Huge-Head: The Life of Hercules: Another Digression (the Calydonian Boar)Lorinda J Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16985567506994751475noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233685335369677578.post-36169599499214490362014-06-12T13:46:50.027-07:002014-06-12T13:46:50.027-07:00Personally, I cared a lot about how Greek words we...Personally, I cared a lot about how Greek words were pronounced on Xena - I'm a word nerd, you know. Actually, Meleager is an anglicized form - the Greek is Μελέαγρος Meléagros, which does indeed sound much "Greeker"! According to Graves, Meleager means guinea fowl. Bao'kai'zei means "One who conquers the wind." I simply couldn't come up with a Shshi equivalent for guinea fowl! I should have put all this in the text above. <br />Two other examples were the Muse of Memory, Mnemosyne, which should be Nee-MOZ-i-nee and they called NEM-o-sine. And Scythian they called Sai-thi-an, like the agricultural instrument called a scythe. It should be Si-thi-an. <br />And scholars have worked a lot on how ancient Greek was pronounced. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_phonologyLorinda J Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16985567506994751475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233685335369677578.post-8568896810587506352014-06-12T13:22:26.549-07:002014-06-12T13:22:26.549-07:00Nicely twisted human myth to termite reality (well...Nicely twisted human myth to termite reality (well, still a myth since it's like an epic spoken poem like Homer). We're both Xena fans, so neither of us care how Meleagar is pronounced. Besides, is there a recording to tell us what is correct? How ancient Greek or Roman sounds can't be proven. It's all guesswork.Cellophane Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08166797508899835493noreply@blogger.com