Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Anthedon (mythology)


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The result was   Keep (non-admin closure), as per the affirmative consensus in this discussion. Ecoleetage (talk) 00:16, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

Anthedon (mythology)

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This guy doesn't seem notable to me. According to the article he is only known as the father of Glaucus, which doesn't make him notable in his own right. Tavix (talk) 21:49, 14 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Comment see this second to last paragraph, it appears Anthedon may be another name for Poseidon. Yours Czar Brodie (talk) 22:11, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
 * The "or" there could also mean that it is disputed if Anthedon or Poseidon is the father. Tavix (talk) 00:22, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
 * agreed, in fact further references confirm you are correct. The only references I can find say that Anthedon is (possibly) the father of Glaucus, and nothing else. Perhaps a case of Notability is inherited. However this seems a strange argument against the gods, particularly the family business of the Greek pantheon. Yours, Czar Brodie (talk) 10:40, 15 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep, fairly strongly. My general feel is that subjects like this are "encyclopedic" (yes, I know) per se.  Mythological names are notable by being preserved some two thousand years, even if at this remove little can be said about them with any certainty.  Now, the identity and gender of Anthedon seems to be a rather confused subject at this point; but Anthedon, he or she, seems to have related to the curious legend of Glaucus, who apparently became a god by eating the right kind of grass.  This also related to the founding legend of the original town of Anthedon - and I gather the one in Gaza we have an article about is not the original, since Pausanias puts it in Boeotia.  I added information from Pausanias to the article, though it is just as sketchy as what we already had. - Smerdis of Tlön (talk) 14:44, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I like your entry Later allusions. Do you have any clear references to USS Anthedon being named after this Anthedon? Or are your presuming the link as it seems logical? A good reference to this would convince me of a "keep". Yours, Czar Brodie (talk) 15:11, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I found a reference for the statement. It's on someone's private website, apparently catering to sub veterans, but it has a byline from a named retired USN commander, so it seems reliable enough for this purpose. - Smerdis of Tlön (talk) 15:28, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep, thanking Smerdis of Tlön for answering my query. Yours, Czar Brodie (talk) 16:02, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep based on Smerdis' info. Edward321 (talk) 23:52, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep all figures from classical mythology are notable, as they all prove to have many later references to them. DGG (talk) 03:20, 17 July 2008 (UTC)


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