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Talk:Ethon

This article was nominated for deletionon2007-09-17. The result of the discussion was redirect to Aethon.

I thought it was a vulture?--Kross^Talk 17:29, 5 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Does anyone know of a source for the name Ethon and for its lineage? Hesiod only mentions four children of Typhon and Echidna and none of them are the eagle.

The eagle had no name. In Greek it was sometimes called the aitos Kaukasios: "Caucasian (i.e., from the Caucasus) eagle." This article should probably be deleted.Ifnkovhg 06:25, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've never seen a source for the name. However it might have plucked from one of the ancient Scholia, which contain lots of these obscure namings. Presumably the proper Greek form would be Aithon "the fiery" -- a name which is applied to one of the horses of Ares. I would suggest the article just be renamed Caucasian Eagle, which is the usual descriptor for the creature. --Theranos 06:15, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

From the TLL s. v. Aethon: 3 aquila: HYG. fab. 31 p. 65, 13 Hercules Aethonem aquilam, quae Prometheo cor exedebat, sagittis interfecit. Translated: Hercules killed with arrows the eagle Aethon, which was eating Prometheus’ heart out. That would be Greek aithon, of course. --Nigel Holmes —Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.246.7.133 (talk) 10:04, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much! I've made use of the TLL reference at Aethon. EALacey 11:12, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

See the other language versions of the Wikipedia for more information (French esp) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Eli Rabett (talk • contribs) 16:46, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]