Removed: The root of the name is zeugnymi, greek for mating, as Zeus symbolizes the universal process of joining and disjoining. I checked Liddell and Scott, who give nothing but Sanskrit words for 'day' as the root for Zeus, not zeug-. Nor does their entry for 'zeugnymi' suggest any connection to Zeus. All of the above may well be true, but I'd like to have a source. --MichaelTinkler
Good point. This is the explanation I know but I'll have it checked in my books. I'll check it ASAP. BTW, I hope my english is good enough. --Jtheo (Greece).
'Zeus/deus' is certainly the more familiar PIE identification.
Worship of Zeus originated among the Mycenean heirs of Minoans, where he was known as the Earthshaker. I had to insert Myceneans for obvious reasons. But the 'Earth Shaker' is Poseidon, the consort of the two goddesses of Crete and Mycenean Pylos, is he not? I've left that for you all to puzzle out. Wetman 03:21, 23 Nov 2003 (UTC)
Shouldn't jupiter get his own article? Sennheiser! 21:41, 7 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Mycenean Linear B tablets were shown to be in Greek half a century ago, so I'm not sure where the "disregarding linguistic evidence" part comes from. Also, as Wetman pointed out, Poseidon the the eartshaker. If someone wants to track down what "Zeus" was in Linear B then the Myceneans might be worth a mention, but for now I'm just cutting it. Bacchiad 22:10, 14 Jul 2004 (UTC)
I shrunk the "Seductions" sections significantly. Nearly all the material in the sub-sections was duplicated word for word in the linked articles on the women/nymphs in question; in a few cases the article had a fuller explanation. In the couple of cases where there was less, I pasted the material from this page into Aegina (mythology) or Astreia or whatever. Then I cut out the text on each seductee, leaving only the wiki-links. I believe this makes the article more manageable and balanced. Please do revert if you disagree. Bacchiad 05:41, 15 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Jove
Most of the way through the article there is a reference to Jove and "by Jove". Nothing in the text appears to tie it to Zeus. How is this related to Zeus - does it need to be cut?
- In case you haven't figured it out yet, "Jove" is the same as "Jupiter", who is essentially equivalent to Zeus. elvenscout742 21:15, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
Melissa
Does anyone have a citation for the goat-milk thing? Everything I've found says she plundered honey, which is where the meaning for 'Melissa' (honey bee) supposedly came about. Of course, those are no more reputable than this without a source, so... Melissa Della 09:02, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
- Amalthea (mythology) for the goat-milk thing. Walter Burkert, Greek Religion for some context. --Wetman 09:05, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
What?
"Christian patristic writers took up the suggestion with ethnu"? What? I would add a period to the sentence, but that doesn't even make sense.