tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post8668558587525119246..comments2024-03-28T09:25:25.716-04:00Comments on Gurney Journey: Silhouette, Part 2James Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-9401076073394901332008-08-15T12:24:00.000-04:002008-08-15T12:24:00.000-04:00Very interesting. Thanks for the hint. I did not r...Very interesting. Thanks for the hint. I did not remember why the romans added out Helios. Or rather they didn´t. Looks like some people prefered to worship Apollo above Helios. Though the wiki tells that the roman equivalent of Helios was called "Sol", but is less often revered. So there are different authors and poets in history and they used both Apollon and Helios to describe the same services and things. So I guess the less educated people in times past where confused too and maybe they chose whichever god appealed more to them, and remembered only the story they had access to. Because tehy heard of Euripides must not necessarily mean that they also knew about some other author due to the common man´s limited access to certain literature. Other reasons might be that because they were either illiterate, or the manuscripts were too expensive, or the theatre plays varied in different regions of greece and the surrounding lands. Well, that´s my own theory though.<BR/>But I guess that´s not even the end of the story.<BR/>So I looked it up, because I was a bit confused, so this should be the correct list:<BR/><BR/>god of light, music, poetry, spring, wisdom:<BR/>greek: Apollon - roman: Apollo<BR/><BR/>god of smithcraft and fire:<BR/>greek: Hephaistos - roman: Vulcan<BR/><BR/>god for travelers, merchants, delivering messages for Zeus:<BR/>greek: Hermes: - roman: Mercurius<BR/><BR/>god of the Sun:<BR/>greek: Helios - roman: SolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-12458819274767768622008-08-13T09:36:00.000-04:002008-08-13T09:36:00.000-04:00Alandiras, I looked up the story of the painting o...Alandiras, I looked up the story of the painting on this site: http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Mythology/TheForgeOfVulcanVelazquez.html<BR/>As I understand it, Apollo is the Roman name for the sun-god, and Vulcan is the Roman name for the smith-god Hephaestus.<BR/><BR/>There's also an explanation of why the Greeks had both Apollo and Helios as sun gods at: http://myth.typepad.com/breakfast/2006/02/your_questions_.html<BR/><BR/>I'm sure there's someone reading this who can enlighten us (so to speak) more.James Gurneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-24825151351017855862008-08-13T08:00:00.000-04:002008-08-13T08:00:00.000-04:00Very good! Just one thing: I think, Helios is the ...Very good! Just one thing: I think, Helios is the sun god, and Apollo the god of light, music and spring. And should not Hermes the messenger god bring news to the forges of Vulcan? If anyone got an idea, please enlighten me. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-12968238477211829362008-08-12T16:39:00.000-04:002008-08-12T16:39:00.000-04:00Great posts Jim!Thank you for the great info!Great posts Jim!<BR/>Thank you for the great info!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08799523478166353218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-14732939806681769192008-08-12T10:47:00.000-04:002008-08-12T10:47:00.000-04:00I really liked the examples you used this time aro...I really liked the examples you used this time around. The gradiation towards the focal point is one of those very effective subtleties that took me a while to figure out, and I only learned it by looking at other artist' work. Now of course, I'm curious what other ones are there...Justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08118490683561367420noreply@blogger.com