To: Larry Lucido
It was Caelus in Roman mythology. All the other planets are named for Roman gods. Why did Bode have to go for the Greek version?
Romans not good enough for him?
16 posted on
04/08/2006 4:55:28 PM PDT by
Harmless Teddy Bear
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Apparently Caelus doesn't amount to much--a learned translation found in a couple of Latin works (in Ennius and in Cicero's treatise on the nature of the gods), probably not something that meant anything to an average Roman...no cult associated with him. Even Ouranos doesn't seem to matter very much to the Greeks--a figure in Hesiod's Theogony but not a god that people gave much attention to.
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Why did Bode have to go for the Greek version? Must... not... say... it...
30 posted on
04/08/2006 6:47:38 PM PDT by
wyattearp
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