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Flash Landsraad	Posted - 2006.03.09 14:46:00 - [1] Anyone noticed the Greek mythology in the names of Gallente T2 and large ships? 'Moros' (Gallente Dread) is the Greek personification for impending doom and destruction. Moros was the son of Erebus (Gallente Titan) the personification of darkness and Nyx (Gallente carrier) the Goddess of the night. 'Deimos' is a Greek word for fear or terror. 'Enyo' (Gallente AF) meaning horror was an ancient Greek Goddess also known as the 'Waster of Cities'. 'Ares' (Gallente Inty) meaning 'battle strife' (lol) was the God of War (lol). He and Enyo are commonly depicted as companions. 'Astarte' (Gallente command ship) was a major north-west Semetic goddess similar in origin and function to the east Semetic Goddess 'Ishtar' (Gallente HAC). 'Eos' (Gallente command ship) was the Titan Goddess of the Dawn in Greek mythology. 'Oneiros' (Gallente Logistics) was the God of Sleep in Greek mythology. 'Lachesis' (Gallente Recon cruiser) was one of the personifications of destiny in Greek mythology. 'Eris' (Gallente Interdictor) is the Goddess personifying 'strife'. Eris translated into Latin is 'Discordia' (Hence our good resident Eris Discordia ) 'Helios' was a personification of the sun in Greek mythology. So there you have it.
wierchas noobhunter	Posted - 2006.03.09 14:51:00 - [2] dah ........
Karl Staf	Posted - 2006.03.09 14:54:00 - [3] and minmatar have a Norse mythology them.. _________ http://blades.stylii.com (\_/) (O.o) (> <) This is Bunny. Copy Bunny into your signature to help him on his way to world domination.
Ghoest	Posted - 2006.03.09 14:55:00 - [4] Yet the Cerberus is Caldari !! Wherever you went - here you are.
smallgreenblur	Posted - 2006.03.09 15:48:00 - [5] Can't blame them, they have hundreds of ships to name and a limited imagination :P Btw the Titans were greek mythology too. sgb
Shai Faetal	Posted - 2006.03.09 15:54:00 - [6] the greeks should sue ccp or copyright infrigdement and blasphemy --- ^_^ my sig is better then urs, damn right! ^_^ CCP FTW
velocoraptor	Posted - 2006.03.09 16:12:00 - [7] Originally by: Shai Faetal the greeks should sue ccp or copyright infrigdement and blasphemy We hereby do. CCP you can either rename ALL your ships (are belong to us) by midnight today, or alternativelly seed t3 BPO's for all ships in my hangar by same time
Yezah	Posted - 2006.03.09 18:01:00 - [8] Mostly: Amarr - Dramatic end-of-the-work and religious Caldari - Birds of prey Gallente - Greek/Latin Minmatar - Norse and violent sounding
Aeron Ralth	Posted - 2006.03.09 18:07:00 - [9] Edited by: Aeron Ralth on 09/03/2006 18:07:42 The Gallente / Greek connection runs even deeper than that. You can look at the whole Gallente and Caldari thing in terms of the Grecians and Spartans.
Beringe	Posted - 2006.03.09 18:19:00 - [10] Originally by: smallgreenblur Can't blame them, they have hundreds of ships to name and a limited imagination :P How is using a themed naming scheme "limited imagination"? CCP are many things. Unimaginative is definitely not one of them. ------------------------------------------- "Never underestimate the power of language." --Daitan Beringe, honorary director in charge of bottles--
ElCoCo	Posted - 2006.03.09 18:39:00 - [11] Originally by: Aeron Ralth The Gallente / Greek connection runs even deeper than that. You can look at the whole Gallente and Caldari thing in terms of the Grecians and Spartans. Huh? Spartans weren't Grecians? I realy fail to see the connection... enlighten us Anyway better greek deities etc than erm french names for Gallente... what would we have? wtfbbqix, wtfpwnzorix
SpaceDrake Storyteller	Posted - 2006.03.09 18:48:00 - [12] He may mean Athenians and Spartans... I can see the connection, I suppose. Pretty much all of the Gallente vessels are in Greek... Megathron (short for Megatherion I think), Dominix, Brutix, Thorax... bit of Latin thrown in as well, like Navitas, Celestis, etc. Someone made a huge post about all the ship names. I'll see if I can find it. -------------- What good are actions if there's no one to tell the tale afterward? Player of the character "Andre Ricard".
Sangxianc	Posted - 2006.03.09 18:53:00 - [13] In Latin, at least, "Erebus" (the Gallente Titan) is the underworld. I don't know if it's from Greek or anything though since I've never studied it. - Do not deny yourself experience of that which lies beyond, behind the sun, in the world they call unpeopled.
Hellspawn01	Posted - 2006.03.09 19:04:00 - [14] Deimos In Greek mythology, Deimos is one of the sons of Ares (Mars) and Aphrodite (Venus); "deimos" is Greek for "panic". Helios In the greek mythology, Helios was the sungod. Together with Selene (moongod) and Eos (Dawn) he had two childs, Hyperion and Theia. Helios also had 4 childs with Klymene: Aigle, Phaethusa, Lampetia (the 3 Heliads) und Phaeton. He is also the father of Kirke and Pasiphae. See also the link in my sig. ------ Ö Ship lover
Genei	Posted - 2006.03.09 19:19:00 - [15] This topic just pressed the right button for me. I named my Catalyst destroyer "Eris" over a year ago... and I still have the old girl. Freakiness...
Shinnen	Posted - 2006.03.09 19:35:00 - [16] Edited by: Shinnen on 09/03/2006 19:36:45 CCP and greek mythology? Dont you mean Gallente and Greek Mythology?! EDIT: Lachesis was the second of the Three Fates, or Moirae. She was the apportioner, deciding how much time for life was to be allowed for each person or being. --- A Selfdestruct Proposal My sig is good now?-Shinnen
Ghoest	Posted - 2006.03.09 20:09:00 - [17] The Minm seem to have several themes. Norse words(Mythological I think) Animals Swords Storms brutal words(slasher, burst, scythe, stabber) Wherever you went - here you are.
Jim McGregor	Posted - 2006.03.09 20:23:00 - [18] Originally by: smallgreenblur Can't blame them, they have hundreds of ships to name and a limited imagination :P With system names such as XY56-Z, i believe you are right. =) --- "Automatic override. Manual control overridden by autopilot. Please wait for operation to complete. You can override the automatic autopilot override in 28 seconds. Then you can make it wait"
Icek Villawrov	Posted - 2006.03.09 20:45:00 - [19] Originally by: SpaceDrake Storyteller He may mean Athenians and Spartans... I can see the connection, I suppose. Pretty much all of the Gallente vessels are in Greek... Megathron (short for Megatherion I think), Dominix, Brutix, Thorax... bit of Latin thrown in as well, like Navitas, Celestis, etc. Someone made a huge post about all the ship names. I'll see if I can find it. Athens was a very democratic city, wit ha good navy. Sparta Was more of a militaristic society. They were constantly competing with each other, and were in war for a while. Spartans sort of sound like Caldari now that you mention it. My signature has the anti-mod defense of insignificance!
Velsharoon	Posted - 2006.03.09 20:50:00 - [20] Edited by: Velsharoon on 09/03/2006 20:51:03 The Athens/Gallente and Sparta/Caldari analogy is actually quite relevant now you think of it...whether its true or not ^^ Edit: Alcohol leads to Faile..wosre...limied menatal...stupid
Josclyn Verreuil	Posted - 2006.03.09 21:42:00 - [21] Originally by: Icek Villawrov Originally by: SpaceDrake Storyteller He may mean Athenians and Spartans... I can see the connection, I suppose. Pretty much all of the Gallente vessels are in Greek... Megathron (short for Megatherion I think), Dominix, Brutix, Thorax... bit of Latin thrown in as well, like Navitas, Celestis, etc. Someone made a huge post about all the ship names. I'll see if I can find it. Athens was a very democratic city, wit ha good navy. Sparta Was more of a militaristic society. They were constantly competing with each other, and were in war for a while. Spartans sort of sound like Caldari now that you mention it. It was much deeper than that (/em curses early political history course... damn Thucydides), but overall there's really very little connection to be found between Athens/Sparta and Gallenti/Caldari. Aside from there being a standing rivalry and state of alternating hot and cold war I don't see much connection. ~Clan Verreuil
Vanye	Posted - 2006.03.09 21:52:00 - [22] Originally by: Sangxianc In Latin, at least, "Erebus" (the Gallente Titan) is the underworld. I don't know if it's from Greek or anything though since I've never studied it. Erebos is the underworld in Greek aswell, and the god of darkness (son of Chaos IIRC).
Outa Rileau	Posted - 2006.03.09 21:56:00 - [23] Beetles have Thoraxes
Outa Rileau	Posted - 2006.03.09 21:58:00 - [24] Originally by: Yezah Mostly: Amarr - Dramatic end-of-the-work and religious Caldari - Birds of prey Gallente - Greek/Latin Minmatar - Norse and violent sounding and homeless people
OrangeAfroMan	Posted - 2006.03.09 22:06:00 - [25] Originally by: Outa Rileau Originally by: Yezah Mostly: Amarr - Dramatic end-of-the-work and religious Caldari - Birds of prey Gallente - Greek/Latin Minmatar - Norse and violent sounding and homeless people LOL homeless people, yup, the Vagabond But yeah, Sleipnir = Odin's Horse Munnin and Huginn = Odin's 2 Ravens (Memory and Thought) Etc.
Vanye	Posted - 2006.03.09 22:08:00 - [26] Originally by: Outa Rileau Beetles have Thoraxes Thorax is greek for chest or breastplate/armour.
Ghoest	Posted - 2006.03.09 22:16:00 - [27] Josclyn is an example of some one being so lost in detail that they lose the picture. Besides the on and off war situation there is a strong parrel with the the Galente being a rather open trade orriented society with a focus on Democracy but stull having a strong military and The Caldari being a militaristic society with out a democracy. Obviously there are deeper details that dont match, but its just wrong to ignore that there are some basic parallels. Wherever you went - here you are.
Rockety Zarmoff	Posted - 2006.03.09 22:19:00 - [28] The Athenians liked to construe themselves as democratic as opposed to the Spartans, but they weren't, particularly. Don't believe the propaganda.

TomB	Posted - 2006.03.09 22:22:00 - [29] "Thanatos was the personification of death. Thanatos was a son of Nyx (Night)." Don't forget to say hi to mommie when you fly by her in space. .

Spartan239	Posted - 2006.03.09 22:29:00 - [30] so why is the Charon a caldari ship, charon was the soon of greek gods/nyphms
Vanye	Posted - 2006.03.09 22:31:00 - [31] Charon is actually the son of Nyx and Erebos, and brother of Moros, Thanatos, Eris and Nemesis (and a few others that didn't make it into eve ^^).
Outa Rileau	Posted - 2006.03.09 22:32:00 - [32] Originally by: Vanye Charon is actually the son of Nyx and Erebos, and brother of Moros, Thanatos, Eris and Nemesis (and a few others that didn't make it into eve ^^). Messed up greeks. Everybody's related to everybody
Spartan239	Posted - 2006.03.09 22:34:00 - [33] Originally by: Outa Rileau Originally by: Vanye Charon is actually the son of Nyx and Erebos, and brother of Moros, Thanatos, Eris and Nemesis (and a few others that didn't make it into eve ^^). Messed up greeks. Everybody's related to everybody dirty athenian
ElCoCo	Posted - 2006.03.09 22:48:00 - [34] Originally by: Rockety Zarmoff The Athenians liked to construe themselves as democratic as opposed to the Spartans, but they weren't, particularly. Don't believe the propaganda. Um mr expert. The very word democracy comes from ancient Athens duh Besides several periods of dictatorship and oligarchy, every citizen had a right to vote in Athens. Excluded were the "slaves" called Elots (or however you say them in english) which exclusively came from either conquered territories or by "bancrupt" Athenian citizens. Several of these "slaves" after the passing of time and upstanding service were being "upgraded" to proper athenian citizens with full voting rights etc /thread derail alert!
Rockety Zarmoff	Posted - 2006.03.09 23:12:00 - [35] Ahahahaha. I'm no expert, but I am studying Classics at a pretty good university, so I know that for one, the Helots were the slaves of the Spartans, not Athenians. Two, of course I know that democracy 'came from' ancient Athens, but I also know that it was hardly ever a stable democracy, and there were multiple revolts that saw oligarchies installed. I know, as you try to point out, that any Athenian male citizen over the age of 30 had the vote. Do you call a society in which women, fully grown men, slaves, immigrants, and, at some stages, for instance after the Periclean citizenship reforms, Athenians whose mothers were of foreign origin - do you call a society in which none of these groups could vote 'democratic'? The majority of those who were technically allowed to vote were hardly capable of it either since they were too busy with all that back-breaking agricultural labour in the countryside to come into town, given that missing a day's work meant a lot more than it does to us today. I also know that, while the vote was afforded to this very limited range of Athenians, the social hierarchy was not democratic in that, compared with a democracy today, there was very little social mobility. It was ridiculous for a farmer to aspire to the kind of powerful position that a Cleisthenes or a Pericles occupied - these men were powerful because they were born into wealthy, noble families. See the parabasis to Athenian poet Aristophanes' play Frogs for an example of how undemocratic Athenians were with regard to social advancement. The reason I've gone so far off topic is, well, actually I haven't, because this thread is generally concerned with the relationship between a game, EVE, and the models on which it bases itself, i.e. ancient Greek history/mythology. I think it is important to show that whatever analogy CCP have drawn between Gallente 'democracy' and Athenian 'democracy' is a spurious one. I would much rather read the Gallente Caldari distinction as a very modern, rather than ancient, problem, one of capitalistic advancement and the eradication of individual liberty. But that's another story.
ElCoCo	Posted - 2006.03.09 23:25:00 - [36] lol yeah I always confuse the helots And for the life of me I can't remember the athenian counterpart. We ofcourse judge those times by todays standards and don't find them "particularly" democratic, but compared to everything else, they were the closest thing.... you gotta start somewhere heh
sarabando	Posted - 2006.03.09 23:50:00 - [37] caldari ships bantam- type of chicken condor- bird merlin- bird kestral- bird griffin- mythical bird monster thing heron- bird moa- large flightless bird like an ostrich blackbird- duh? its a puppy caracal- wildcat osprey- bird comerant- bird scorpion- insect raven- bird ferox- could be a prehistoric fish or a spider or a plant (google is screwed) so generaly birds but a few random ones in there LAG FTW!
J Dubbs	Posted - 2006.03.10 00:00:00 - [38] Ferox is also a species of trout
Arashi Miike	Posted - 2006.03.10 00:02:00 - [39] Ferox, IIRC, is not only a predatory catlike animal, but can also translate loosely as "head-strong" in latin. Interesting, because not only could the Caldari be called head-strong, but if you look at the Ferox, is it weighted towards the front, or "head". CCP can be clever some times. "I should have been a pair of ragged claws/ scuttling across the floors of silent seas."
Ghoest	Posted - 2006.03.10 00:48:00 - [40] Minm should get a Hurricane. Caldari should get a Goose Wherever you went - here you are.
Wesley Harding	Posted - 2006.03.10 01:06:00 - [41] Scorpions are arachnids, not insects. So, only older men could vote? Sounds to me like they got it right on the first try...
Flash Landsraad	Posted - 2006.03.10 02:25:00 - [42] Originally by: Kel Shek so what will the tier 3 BS's and Tier 2 BC's be called, following said trends? I'm guessing maybe these names: 'Hephaestus' (Greek God of Fire as well as other things). 'Atropos' (One of the three Fates - in Greek mythology the person that cuts the thread of life when you die)
Foulis	Posted - 2006.03.10 04:49:00 - [43] I'd like to see Tisiphone or maybe Alecto. Those'd be cool. ---- I <3 Taranis Cake > Pie - Imaran Originally by: CCP Hammer Boobies
Mortimus	Posted - 2006.03.10 05:32:00 - [44] heh. i called my deimos "Tisiphone"
Lygos	Posted - 2006.03.10 05:48:00 - [45] Edited by: Lygos on 10/03/2006 05:52:25 The Gallente are very Athenian in that they most likely restrict full citizenship to the well propertied. Either directly or indirectly does a plutocracy control the reins of power. Formal suffrage isn't the same as defacto suffrage afterall. There's certainly more ways to govern a people than by spectacle. The Caldari are perhaps ideologically similar to the idealized values contemporary historians place on the Spartan society. Namely, unification of public will and to that end, subordination to some sort of unified authority. It's no secret that the recovered writings of Plato and Aristotle both speak highly of the subject of homonoia, or like-mindedness for the citizens of a city. In military practice, the Athenians probably weren't much different from the Spartans. The skirmishing battalions are understood to have pursued very tight formations as a sort of military tactic for their lance bearing infantry. The disenfranched poor of a city, including Plato by legend, ran ahead and threw rocks at the enemy to break up their cohesion because they could not afford weapons or armor. If you want to read similarity into the Gallente's use of drones or the fallangism in Caldari prime fiction to this, I suppose few would question it. Eunoia: The persistent suspicion that the universe is secretly conspiring to quietly improve one's life.
vanBuskirk	Posted - 2006.03.10 08:34:00 - [46] Originally by: Flash Landsraad Originally by: Kel Shek so what will the tier 3 BS's and Tier 2 BC's be called, following said trends? I'm guessing maybe these names: 'Hephaestus' (Greek God of Fire as well as other things). 'Atropos' (One of the three Fates - in Greek mythology the person that cuts the thread of life when you die) Where is Phobos, brother of Deimos? Ought to be good for something in the Gallente stable, but... ---------------------------------------------- "Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent." ----------------------------------------------
Gariuys	Posted - 2006.03.10 10:10:00 - [47] Originally by: vanBuskirk Originally by: Flash Landsraad Originally by: Kel Shek so what will the tier 3 BS's and Tier 2 BC's be called, following said trends? I'm guessing maybe these names: 'Hephaestus' (Greek God of Fire as well as other things). 'Atropos' (One of the three Fates - in Greek mythology the person that cuts the thread of life when you die) Where is Phobos, brother of Deimos? Ought to be good for something in the Gallente stable, but... Is used on a very old ( still in database ) thorax variant, but we're talking before interceptors where around here. ~{When evil and strange get together anything is possible}~ A tool is only useless when you don't know how to use it. - ActiveX The grass is always greener on the other side. - JoCool
DoMxj	Posted - 2006.03.10 11:13:00 - [48] Edited by: DoMxj on 10/03/2006 11:16:08 many of the ships are greek names here are some more cerberus means good defence and general army stuff we had many Kerberos nights when i was in the army in greece to test the defence of our camp !!Its also related to a mutholgical animal or something. Prophesy is a greek a word (maybe also latin dont know) Archon is the greek Lord when writing greek with english char Anathema is greek and means.. mm can translate it something like 'god dam you' or at least thats how we use it today :) :) Nemesis is old greek and was means vengeance Heretic means something like some that is trying to push up a different religion And some more that im not sure if they are greek or we took it from others.
Zirator	Posted - 2006.03.10 11:30:00 - [49] "Ishkur" ( Gallente mini blob in a box ^^ ) A Sumerian god of storms and rain, his Babylonian counterpart is Adad.
Dahin	Posted - 2006.03.10 11:46:00 - [50] holy zeus, I'm greek and I've never even bothered to try to find the mythological names in eve. But then, if you wanna do that you'll end up with half the words in the game... That is, apart from words from civs that predate athens and the later classical era. Yes, yes, the athenians were far from the good boys. When Milos said "meh, up yours. Mine your own ark" they took their projectiles and performed mass genocide on the island. Ooooh, lotsa other stories... Don't let me started about that good and beloved boy named alexander /me now ducks to escape the incoming rocks from the rest of the greeks.
ElCoCo	Posted - 2006.03.10 12:57:00 - [51] Originally by: Wesley Harding So, only older men could vote? Sounds to me like they got it right on the first try... giggles
Kery Nysell	Posted - 2006.03.10 13:33:00 - [52] A Caracal is also a breed of parrot found in the amazonian jungles, if my books on Earth's fauna are still accurate ... cute little bird too
Grimpak	Posted - 2006.03.10 13:43:00 - [53] Taranis: "Thunder". The thunder-god of ancient Gaul, and master of the sky. He may be compared to the Roman Jupiter, although his place in the Celtic pantheon was not as prominent as that of Jupiter in the Roman pantheon. His attribute is the wheel, which could be the symbol of thunder. The Romans described as receiving human sacrifices. so Gallente don't use only latin/greek names ---------------- Originally by: Abdalion Shoot him ingame if you don't like this person. If you do like him, go mine veldspar with him.
Ithildin	Posted - 2006.03.10 13:58:00 - [54] Gallente ships are named after deities of the mediterranean, gaul, celtic, or the babylonian areas. Also, there are more common and descriptive names derived from latin or greek (Thorax, anyone?). Caldari are named after a similar naming policy as the western countries name their military vehicles, especially the US military (birds (of prey), cliche-ish insects (scorpion), and ancient mythological BEASTS) Originally by: TomB "Thanatos was the personification of death. Thanatos was a son of Nyx (Night)." Don't forget to say hi to mommie when you fly by her in space. DUDE! Read up on that mythology again. Then tell me why Thanatos' brother, Charon, is the Caldari freighter while the Gallente freighter is named Obelisk. (Oh, and if you ever make a mini-freighter, could you name the Gallentean one "Asterisk"?) Originally by: KilROCK Originally by: Arkanor Gallente missileboat might be cool. Pod yourself till you got no skills.[
DKPowers	Posted - 2006.03.10 14:24:00 - [55] Originally by: Lygos Edited by: Lygos on 10/03/2006 05:52:25 The Caldari are perhaps ideologically similar to the idealized values contemporary historians place on the Spartan society. Namely, unification of public will and to that end, subordination to some sort of unified authority. Yet all the Caldari names (agents) sound very Finnish...
Mithylos	Posted - 2006.03.12 03:20:00 - [56] Originally by: DoMxj Edited by: DoMxj on 10/03/2006 11:16:08 many of the ships are greek names here are some more cerberus means good defence and general army stuff we had many Kerberos nights when i was in the army in greece to test the defence of our camp !!Its also related to a mutholgical animal or something. Cerberus (from Kerberos) is a 3-headed dog that guards the entrance to Hades Quote: Prophesy is a greek a word (maybe also latin dont know) Archon is the greek Lord when writing greek with english char Anathema is greek and means.. mm can translate it something like 'god dam you' or at least thats how we use it today :) :) anathema is "a thing devoted to evil"... can refer to a curse or something cursed, but most often refers to a particularly loathed person or object Quote: Nemesis is old greek and was means vengeance Nemesis was the goddess of retributive justice. One form of the word does refer to vengeance, but the most common use is to indicate a rival. Quote: Heretic means something like some that is trying to push up a different religion Close... heretics are dissenters. They don't necessarily push another religion, they just don't accept, and may even challenge, an accepted belief. Quote: And some more that im not sure if they are greek or we took it from others.
Dark Eulogy	Posted - 2006.03.12 03:48:00 - [57] You nerds think you're so smart. A 'modern' and a 'classic' or 'true' democracy are two different things. Idiots. The whole point of the Athenian democracy was that all the uneducated laborers could vote. Read some Thucydides effing noobs.
Lok Ta'car	Posted - 2006.03.12 05:41:00 - [58] Here's a few of the Minmatarian names related to Norse mythology: Hel - Daughter of Loki and Angurbo=a(a giantesse), was exiled to niflheim(norse hell) and was given power over those who died from old age and disease Nidhoggur(Nf=h÷ggur) - A dragon living in niflheim and naws at Askur Yggdrasil Sleipnir - The 8 legged horse of +=in(Odin) Naglfar - A ship that carries the dead from niflheim to fight in Ragnar÷k(armageddon) made from the nails of the dead Fenrir(Fenris·lfurinn - Brother of Hel, a wolf tied down by Gleipnir. Will break free during Ragnar÷k and devour +=in. Muninn - One of the ravens of +=in Huginn - The other raven of +=in Ragnar÷k - The apocalypse of Norse Mythology Doomsday device: Gjallarhorn - A horn wich the gate keeper of Bifr÷st(bridge to heaven) blows when ragnar÷k begins.
Arashi Miike	Posted - 2006.03.12 06:02:00 - [59] It's worth noting the Niflheim wasn't exactly hell, at least not in the way a Christian might think of it. It's more cold and fog than fire and sulfur, and going there isn't really dependent upon how you lived so much as how you died. Also, the name for one of the Minmatar carriers, the Nidhoggur, is a corruption of the Nidhogg. In Norse mythology Nidhogg was the name of a giant serpent (the Norse loved their giant snakes) sometimes portrayed as a dragon, that lived in Niflheim and ate corpses. "I should have been a pair of ragged claws/ scuttling across the floors of silent seas."
Akoudoulos	Posted - 2006.03.12 06:17:00 - [60] Originally by: Ithildin Gallente ships are named after deities of the mediterranean, gaul, celtic, or the babylonian areas. Also, there are more common and descriptive names derived from latin or greek (Thorax, anyone?). Thorax was an chest armor(we still call the middle chest bone as thorax in greek), as well as big hand shields where called thorax, if i am not mistaken whatever has to do with protection(the thorax protects the lungs) in greek thorax is the word for it, in other word tanked as hell
voogru	Posted - 2006.03.12 06:29:00 - [61] Originally by: Outa Rileau Originally by: Vanye Charon is actually the son of Nyx and Erebos, and brother of Moros, Thanatos, Eris and Nemesis (and a few others that didn't make it into eve ^^). Messed up greeks. Everybody's related to everybody In reality we are all brothers and sisters anyways. One huge family.
SpaceDrake Storyteller	Posted - 2006.03.12 06:31:00 - [62] Originally by: Akoudoulos Thorax was an chest armor(we still call the middle chest bone as thorax in greek), as well as big hand shields where called thorax, if i am not mistaken whatever has to do with protection(the thorax protects the lungs) in greek thorax is the word for it, in other word tanked as hell Which ends up being somewhat ironic for the 'Rax as a ship, as it tends to be used very agressively and is thus destroyed a lot. I do find it interesting that for all the talk of the Gallente having "French" origins, only one ship has a French name - the Tristan frigate, named (I think) for the knight of the same name. -------------- What good are actions if there's no one to tell the tale afterward? Player of the character "Andre Ricard".
Patch86	Posted - 2006.03.17 01:13:00 - [63] Yeah, CCP were being a bit clever with Tristan- He was, by some versions of the story, an overweight Cornish knight of the Round Table. The "Fat Man" anyone? Might be pushing it to call it a French word though. Tristan was the Normanised version of the Latin/Brythonic word which was very similar. Drustan or Drustanys or so forth, although i cant quite remember.
BlackDog Rackh'am	Posted - 2006.03.17 02:05:00 - [64] What about some content inspired from modern Greece? APOS Sabot: This advanced hybrid charges are made of a hard outer shell (discarding sabot), that breaks open soon after the charge leaves the blaster's barrel, revealing the ultimate in short range Gallente weapon technology: APOS (Armor Piercing Ouzo Shots). The shell penetrates the ship's hull, spraying a highly flammable alcoholic beverage all around the wiring and ship's systems. Initial damage is low, but continued use presents the benefit of electrical short-circuits in the enemy vessel, finally resulting in the alcoholic spirit penetrating the pod and affecting the pilot. (10% delay per 50 hits in module activation and navigation/warp drive commands on the enemy ship, 50% chance of enemy pilot dying in the pod due to throwing up in the ambiotic fluid) Football Stadium Hooligan Drones (self explanatory, make sure they are on the same team or they'll kill eachother) Smart Guidance Souvlaki charge: Based on an ancient delicacy, this railgun charge is hurled at supersonic speeds , aiming directly for the capsule inside the target ship thanks to its advanced guidance computers. Results can be devastating: Your 425mm railgun II places an excellent hit on unlucky bstard, doing 500 cholesterol damage Your 425mm railgun II perfectly strikes unlucky bstard, wrecking for a heart attack. Originally by: Black Lotus I vote u for KIA spokesperson.
Xelios	Posted - 2006.03.17 02:25:00 - [65] I think the tier 3 BS should be named after Mayan mythology, simply because it'd be hilarious hearing people trying to pronounce them on TS Signature removed. -Zhuge ([email protected]) Woot.
Spartan III	Posted - 2006.03.17 03:38:00 - [66] Amarr seem to be christian \o/ --- Wolven Elite Guard is recruiting - new and old players with high regard for high morals and values OMFWTFYarrBQPwn3d!!!11eleventy-one
FFGR	Posted - 2006.03.17 04:28:00 - [67] WARNING : Posting at 6AM, after about 5 hours of FPS game action Quote: the greeks should sue ccp or copyright infrigdement and blasphemy ugh If we start sueing, you could see most of todays stuff copywrited and some positive sciences (like math) ruined cause of all the copywriting (that goes to many "old" civilizations) Quote: "Thanatos was the personification of death. Thanatos was a son of Nyx (Night)." I had nightmares with ancient greek lesson at school and in particular with Nyx, you just HAD to put it ingame ? Quote: I also know that, while the vote was afforded to this very limited range of Athenians, the social hierarchy was not democratic in that, compared with a democracy today, there was very little social mobility. Dude, it was more than 2000 years ago, what do you expect ? The same rights we have today for them to have it back then ? Slaves were like electricity is today. And it is referred as the first democracy of the world (even as you say it was pretty limited), while the French one is refered as the First Modern Democracy. Quote: anathema is "a thing devoted to evil" Quote: Anathema is greek and means.. mm can translate it something like 'god dam you' or at least thats how we use it today :) :) Anathema with the old meaning of the word is when you did something that displeases a god, so you get yourself banished/cursed. The very first one is the offering you did to a god (sacrifice). @Blackdog LoooooL at the post (I guess you are at work as usual eh ? ) Now that we have analysed all Geek Greek thingies, can we do a Minnie thread ? _____________________________ They say that when the Greeks were creating civilization, the others were living in caves. Today I feel like living in a cave while the others live in a civilization
Hafthor	Posted - 2006.03.17 13:45:00 - [68] Vagabond is not a reference to homeless people.. it's one of the names by which +=in, (Odin, Wodan) goes by in norse mythology. -------------------------- "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far"

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