Re: name of the gods

Boris Karnikowski (karniko@uni-muenster.de)
Wed, 10 Sep 1997 10:24:51 +0000

Hi Mon,

> i have to admit I did not know how epimetheus was (that explains also my
> bad spelling) - but for sure we shouldn use him as he is not part of
> homers story

Well, I didn't know him either, but he and his brother are part of
our university's emblem/heraldic figure ... Prometheus is by far more
popular (think of what he did for us), and his brother is always kind
of standing in his shadow, still today ... last thing I heard about
him was that he has become a travelling salesman for matches.

> but I dont know if people would understand this

Hm, probably most of the people would not have remarked that
the name of Epimetheus wasn't in place, either ... I just wanted to
make the choice of name less arbitrary (Hey, you aren't poking fun at
me by considering this "an important dramaturgical concern, aren't
you? Don't you dare;-))

> hm, but when I look at this list only Hephaistos seems somehow good,
> maybe Aeolos would be better ...
>

I like Hephaistos, though I'm afraid he is as famous as Epimetheus.

Nice flight,

Boris