User talk:Odysses

For your great work pertaining to the Odyssey, I, Ghirlandajo , award you the **Exceptional Newcomer Award**. Keep up the good work! — 16 December 2005‎

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Barnstar[edit]

Hi, Odysses. You deserve a barnstar.

		The Epic Barnstar
		Odysses, for many contributions to historical articles. Axl 17:27, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Barnstar[edit]

Thank you! --Kimon^talk 15:11, 24 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar 2[edit]

Thank you! I'm done with Thermopylae but I think it will some vigilance to keep it clean.Dave 21:12, 27 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ked-Ah-Day[edit]

Hey Odysses please come back to the demiurge discussion page. Pretty please. LoveMonkey 14:23, 9 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Flood myth[edit]

When you are in a content dispute you should not be reverting labelling something as vandalism. Pico explained why he removed the section, it wasn't vandalism. Dougweller (talk) 07:16, 2 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your feedback. User:PiCo deleted a complete section in Flood myth compiled by many editors over the last three years or so, which incorporated some eighteen internal links, plus three footnotes, claiming that "there's not a single reliable source cited". If this not vandalism, what is? --Odysses (○) 21:13, 2 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Replied on my talk page. Dougweller (talk) 16:16, 5 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Significance of Plato quotation[edit]

I have a question about something you added to List of Greek phrases some five years ago, specifically that Ἀεί ὁ θεός ὁ μέγας γεωμετρεί is a mnemonic for pi.^diff The article currently attributes it to Plato, citing Plutarch's Symposiacs, but that source does not say that it is a mnemonic for pi (here). It seems odd to me that people who did not use decimal notation would have a mnemonic for a decimal notation and it has come up regarding another article. Could you provide a source for this fact? RJC ^Talk_Contribs 16:47, 8 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. My reply here. --Odysses (○) 20:09, 8 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. The original of course does not have all the words or in that order, instead τὸν θεὸν ἀεὶ γεωμετρεῖν or [ἀεὶ] γεωμετρεῖν τὸν θεὸν.[1] I wonder if there is a way to note this on the article without going off on a long tangent. I ask because someone on Talk:Plato has pushed the idea that this phrase is Plato's and that it reveals something about Plato's gematria; I found some pages to the similar effect on the Internet. Do you have any ideas? RJC ^Talk_Contribs 22:45, 8 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. My reply here. --Odysses (○) 23:22, 8 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Homeric epithets shared by more than one person[edit]

Hello, just wanted to tell you that the epithet "white-armed", which you placed on the Individuals list as belonging to Hera and Nausicaa, is already on the General list, since it belongs to several different people. I'm going to remove the epithet from the Individuals list, unless you think that it is clearer to tell which women the epithet applies to. Personally I value conciseness more in this case, since the list would become incredibly long if common epithets were listed under multiple people. — Eru·tuon 16:19, 12 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Reversion on Trojan Horse[edit]

You note in your edit summary "per talk", but the talk page consensus seems firmly against inclusion. Did you perhaps misread this, as it is spread over two sections? --Old Moonraker (talk) 07:56, 19 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Replied in talk page. --Odysses (○) 22:25, 20 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Italics in Greek characters[edit]

Hello. I just wanted to inform you about Wikipedia's stylistic conventions against the use of italics in Greek characters. Italics are not necessary in the case of non-Latin characters; the difference with "normal Latin text" is obvious.

Please check also this old discussion on the matter: Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_Style_(text_formatting)/Archive_1#Italics_in_Cyrillic_and_Greek_characters. Thanks. --Omnipaedista (talk) 03:16, 8 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Confusion over Plutarch bust image[edit]

Could you chime in at Talk:Plutarch if you get a chance? There is speculation about what kind of information/source backs up the identification of the image you contributed. Cheers, Wareh (talk) 18:24, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I have posted my reply on Plutarch's bust here and here. Odysses (○) 21:25, 10 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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He performed extensive excavations at Nydri and uncovered [[Mycenaean|Mycenaean civilization)]] tombs, walls, ruins and artefacts which supported his hypothesis. Dörpfeld spent the last years

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Thanks! I'll buy you a beer. Do you bots drink any beer? Odysses (○) 11:03, 22 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Peloponnese vs West Greece[edit]

Hi Odysses, thank you for adding the Numismatic museum in the list. About Achaea, although geographically it is part of Pelopnnese, its article states clearly that it is part of the "region" of West Greece, which is why I had placed it there. I have done all the classification of the list based on these administrative "regions", so I'm not sure if this move is in line with the rest. Hoverfish Talk 03:31, 26 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! My repy here. Odysses (○) 19:45, 26 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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List of Ancient Roofs[edit]

What are you doing? You have deleted the article!

Amandajm (talk) 01:35, 10 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for letting me know. My reply here --Odysses (○) 01:59, 10 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It happens! Amandajm (talk) 02:01, 10 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Refugees of Syrian Civil War[edit]

Hi, The page Refugees of the Syrian Civil War concerns only Syrian refugees, not total refugees. In the country table, you have replaced 5,129 Syrian asylum applications to Greece, with "30,000+" and another reference. The reference you provided is for total refugee applications. Could you please undo and revert to previously provided number of Syrian refugee applications. thanks so much Robert Brukner (talk) 19:30, 21 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Ignore the previous comment. I have used both references, update the arrivals to Feb 2016, and recalculated the estimated applicants (its over 33,500+ now) Robert Brukner (talk) 19:41, 21 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I used data from UNHCR for my edit. According to them there is a total of 856,723 arrivals by sea in 2015 out of which Syrians represent 44% = 376,958 arrivals. Only 8% of arrivals applied for asylum, and assuming that Syrians applied at the same proportion 8%, we get 376,958 x 0.08 = 30,156 Syrian applicants approximately.--Odysses (☏) 23:04, 21 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Syrian Refugees and Greece[edit]

Hi, Do you have a source for the actual numbers of refugees now currently in Greece? I've seen numbers for arrivals and estimates of asylum applications. But I've never seen estimates for departures. How many Syrian refugees are actually inside the country at any one moment? Robert Brukner (talk) 20:36, 28 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Protesilaus and Odysseus in Troy[edit]

Hi,

On 12 March 2006, you edited the Odysseus page (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Odysseus&diff=43416188&oldid=43412997) to include a story about Odysseus jumping on his shield when he first arrived at Troy: "When the Achaean ships reached the shores of Troy, none would jump ashore, since there was an oracle that the first Achaean to jump on Trojan soil would die. Odysseus tossed his shield on the shore and jumped on his shield. He was followed by Protesilaus who jumped on Trojan soil and he was the first to die."

I've been searching for a source for this story for hours, and can't find one. Could you please let me know where this story comes from?

C —Preceding unsigned comment added by Christudor (talk • contribs)

Hi Christudor, I don't have a primary source for this event either. I've read it in some modern authors regarding Greek Mythology. One example is Greek Mythology by Katerina Servi, archaeologist, ISBN 960-213-372-4. --Odysses (☏) 12:09, 8 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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