Talk:Callicrates

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Do we want to be naming Greeks using the transliterations? Callicrates is beyond doubt going to be the more common form, and there is already a precedent set by Greek mythology pages... - fine with me. I wrote the Kallikrates/Callikrates and Iktinos/Ictinus entries, but the Parthenon page was begun by an ethnic Greek, and I wasn't going to change his spelling. My own PREFERENCE would be to use the Latin. My usual COMPROMISE is to use the Greek. --MichaelTinkler

Oh, and, I'd say that scholarly usage decidedly shifted around 1970 to using the Greek form. I'm using a book for a class this term whose first edition was published in 1967 and was a little jolted to see Ictinus and Callicrates. Popular usage, though, should probably determine the general listing (pace the American Civil War controversy) --MichaelTinkler

So far as I am concerned, the Greek language does not have a "C." Therefore Kallikrates is the correct form. Paul Bristol (talk) 16:02, 27 June 2011 (UTC) PaulBristol

—————————— Whichever way it is spelt in the English, the correct full reference seems to to be Plut. Per. 13.4, otherwise it's a rather vague refernce to search for.

Spellings are up to the Wiki consensus but my personal opinion is that the recognisable English names are used, especially when a reference to the Greek can be included as in this case. Correct or not, this is the spelling (Callicrates) used in the main translations, such as Bernadotte Perrin (Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1916 CE) which is also the one used online by Perseus Digital Library (http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/). Kind regards. Parzivalamfortas 16:13, 5 March 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Parzivalamfortas (talk • contribs)

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The Callicrates that Polybius talks about is not the Callicrates pointed to by this page. Queries coming from Polybius should not be forwarded there. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.186.165.238 (talk) 19:37, 28 September 2007 (UTC)