User talk:Michael Aurel/Archive 1

Athanassakis ...
... is, of course, correct. This is the curse of the typo propagated by copy and paste. Paul August &#9742; 17:06, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
 * That's Ok, thanks for fixing them all. I assume the same is the case with this? "Marsh"; "March". – Michael Aurel (talk) 01:13, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Yes, that too. (I'm a terrible typist and copy editor, so there are many more of these). Happy New Year! Paul August &#9742; 11:51, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
 * I'll keep an eye out for any more. ;-) Michael Aurel (talk) 11:58, 31 December 2021 (UTC)

En dashes
Hi Michael. In this edit, I see you replacing en dashes ("–") with the HTML named character entity. I know of no good reason for doing this. (I use HTML for en dashes simply because it seems easier to me to enter.) Paul August &#9742; 22:57, 3 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Yes, you're right. I changed the hyphens throughout the page ("-" to "–"), but must not have noticed that the two at the top were already en dashes. Michael Aurel (talk) 00:49, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

Linking to PDFs?
Hi Michael. Can you link to specific pages of a PDF? (this link does not work for me). Paul August &#9742; 15:34, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi Paul, you can, yes. According to WP:PAGELINKS, adding  to the end of the URL will send you to the specific page of the PDF, so the point of the Pseudo-Plutarch link is that it sends you to the page containing the relevant passage. WP:PAGELINKS does also say, however: If the viewer or browser does not support it, it will display the first page instead. So possibly it is your browser, or something along those lines?  Michael Aurel (talk) 22:59, 16 January 2022 (UTC)

Nice work ...
...on Hellen. Paul August &#9742; 03:17, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Thankyou! (The page was previously a bit confused in its presentation, hopefully it's clearer now.) – Michael Aurel (talk) 03:35, 20 February 2022 (UTC)

At Hellen ...
... I've replaced the genealogical table with a better one. As before the article has two sections with the title "Genealogy" which is not ideal. We could perhaps combine the sections, or change the name of one, I'll leave that to you. Paul August &#9742; 22:02, 12 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Yes, thankyou for that, the old one was quite lacking. I've changed the name of the top section to "Family", matching Aeolus (son of Hellen). – Michael Aurel (talk) 22:11, 12 July 2022 (UTC)
 * That's fine. But Aeolus (son of Hellen), is also a bit of a jumble ... I'm working on it, and will probably rearrange things.

What is the source for the quote in this sentence:
 * According to a scholion on Plato's Symposium citing Hellanicus (fl. late fifth century BC), Hellen "was born to Deukalion and Pyrrha, or according to some, to Zeus and Pyrrha", and was the father, by "Othreis", of Dorus, Xuthus, Aeolus, and in addition a daughter, named Xenopatra.

Is there a translation of the Greek in the Brill link? (I don't have access.) I can see the Greek text, but I can't find a translation in any of the other cited sources. Thanks, Paul August &#9742; 14:19, 13 July 2022 (UTC)


 * That should be "quotes" above, I'm also interested in where "Othreis" comes from, the Greek is Ὀθρηΐδος. Paul August &#9742; 15:14, 13 July 2022 (UTC)


 * The following is what I was able to find when rewriting Hellen. This is the translation that Brill's New Jacoby gives:
 * Kodros was a descendant of Deukalion, as Hellanikos states, for Hellen was born to Deukalion and Pyrrha, or according to some, to Zeus and Pyrrha. From Hellen and Othreis, Xouthos, Aiolos, Doros, and Xenopatra.
 * This is the only translation of this passage that I'm aware of. And yes, it's in the link to Brill's site (it requires a subscription to view).
 * West 1985, on p. 57, says the following:
 * Hellen's wife is named as Όθρηίς in sch. Pl. Symp. 208d (Hellanicus 4 F 125), as νύμϕη Όρσηίς in Apollodorus 1.49 — both probably corrupt for Όθρυίς,53 sc. a nymph of Mount Othrys. She helps to define Hellen’s home in Phthiotis.
 * 53 Wilamowitz, Der Glaube der Hellenen, i.64 n. 7.
 * I do also remember looking in Wilamowitz's book, but I apparently didn't find it useful. I think this is about all the sourcing I could find for this particular passage. I'm not currently somewhere where I can access by Brill account (the above translation is what I had copied into my userspace), but in a day or two I would be able to check it, which may be helpful since it has a commentary in addition to the Greek text and English translation. Hopefully this is helpful for now, though. – Michael Aurel (talk) 23:26, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks for this Michael. If we keep the quotes (rather than say just paraphrases) we need to give specific citations for them. Paul August &#9742; 09:15, 14 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Yes, I understand. Would you suggest I rework how the source of the quotes is cited so its clear that it's where they're coming from? – Michael Aurel (talk) 10:48, 14 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Yes, that would be good. I think that simply citing the BNJ entry in the note such as: "BNJ 4 F125. Cf. Eustathius ..." would be sufficient to satisfy Wikipedia's sourcing requirements, and would leave no doubt as to where the quotation comes from. However, when dealing with fragments like this, it is often useful to add other "equivalent" ways of referring to the fragment, occurring in other contexts.  So I suggest: BNJ 4 F125 [= Scholia on Plato's Symposium 208d (Cufalo, pp. 108–10) = FGrHist 4 F125 = Hellanicus fr. 125 Fowler, pp. 200–1]. Cf. Eustathius ..." This would (presumably) still make clear the source of the quotation. Paul August &#9742; 10:10, 16 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Ok, thankyou, I've reworked how it's cited in the way you've suggested. – Michael Aurel (talk) 07:36, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

As a minor followup I've added a bit of clarification to Hellen, regarding the names Othreis and Orseis, per West. Paul August &#9742; 10:59, 24 July 2022 (UTC)

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... see your name again on my watchlist ;-) Paul August &#9742; 13:08, 7 May 2023 (UTC)


 * Thankyou Paul, yes it's been a little while – it's nice to be around here again. Michael Aurel (talk) 13:41, 7 May 2023 (UTC)

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