Talk:Paean (god)

Spelling variations Penitence (talk) 00:19, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
The article redirects from Paeon and specifically has the designation (god) after it. The article is titled Paean and yet Paeon is used for the majority of the article, even as the epithet, which has been contested as being the primary use of the spelling Paean. The primary citation on the spelling being Paeon is copy/pasted from an article on the princeton.edu domain which recursively cites the Wikipedia article, which ultimately cites this article on the tufts.edu domain where the first word of the article is Παιάν with this word tracker showing they appear the same amount of times but the spelling with the acute emphasized alpha instead of the omega is the user voted favorite. Either way, until a preference can be cited, the article should use the spelling matching the name of the article, as the other spelling redirects to the current spelling. On September 3, 2013, the spelling preference order on Wikipedia has been changed to list Paeon first and as such it no longer matches the cited source.

The spelling features an acute-accented alpha first and foremost in the references cited.

Requesting that this be reverted to this previous version until it can be decided with a source for frequency of use. Penitence (talk)


 * Citations for Paean:

Penitence (talk) 00:51, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
 * this graph showing the increasing use of Paean and decreasing use of Paeon in Google's indexed books over the years
 * Paean in A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology by William Smith
 * paeon on wiktionary has no reference to the god
 * paean on wiktionary, however, does mention the epithet

Help request: Mythological discrepancy with Peony
Peony says with a reference: The peony is named after Paeon (also spelled Paean), a student of Asclepius, the Greek god of medicine and healing. Asclepius became jealous of his pupil; Zeus saved Paeon from the wrath of Asclepius by turning him into the peony flower.

This story is not listed in this article about the god. There are other Paeons/Paeans/&c., but I haven't checked them. Plus, the story states he's Asclepius' student, and Asclepius was a god (but might have originally been a human mortal; I didn't look that up) and they eventually were merged, I believe.

Sorry all I can do is point this out, but my real-life limitations are getting in the way of my doing this myself. Thanks in advance if you can work on this! — Geekdiva (talk) 09:45, 26 January 2016 (UTC)