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 Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 1:54 pm
Hi, sorry if this has been asked before. Does anyone know if there is a reason why there are many twins in Greek mythology? Or is it just a coincidence?
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Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 2:42 pm
That's interesting...I'd like to know too. I'm a fan of twin like things sweatdrop .
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Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 4:15 pm
Anhelika That's interesting...I'd like to know too. I'm a fan of twin like things sweatdrop . Finally someone responds. eek
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Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 4:09 am
Not sure.. It's fascinating though .
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Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 10:10 pm
Here are some pairs off the top of my head.
Apollo and Artemis.
Castor and Polydeuces.
Herakles and his twin.
The two winged twins.
Autolycus and Philammon.
Otus and Ephialtes.
I'm sure there are more...
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Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 9:42 am
That's actually an extremely good question. I'll be sure to ask my prof about it next semester when I take my Ancient History course. They may have an answer, if not I'll hunt someone down for you.
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Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 9:29 pm
Thanks Pandora. heart
The internet has been no help.
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Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 7:45 am
No problem my dear.
It must be some sort of cultural thing, especially considering that many different cultures saw twins as an evil sign. But it's true that Greek mythology has an overwhelming number of them. Hmm... I'll ask my archaeology prof next semester as well, if the history prof doesn't have an answer.
If you can't find an answer to that specifically I'd say you'd have to go looking into the culture more in depth. Would be an interesting thesis for a research paper in university as well.
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Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 7:49 pm
Yeah...I think it might have to do with Greek culture. But I'm too busy to look it up for you now.
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Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2007 4:10 am
This is all purely speculation on my part, but...
I think that it's probably simply because they are rarer than non-twin births are. That piques peoples' interest, especially if they don't understand the mechanisms behind it that make it rarer.
When something is rare, people will tend to impart unique properties or powers onto it. Whether those are positive/good or negative/evil vary from culture to culture, though, and knowing how that distinction was made is probably harder to figure out. You know, like with red hair. In many cultures, red hair is deeply associated with magical, evil, or even simply desireble properties; I'm guessing simply because it is rarer than the alternatives.
So, my best guess is that the Greeks associated twinnings with some mystical quality, and they decided that's why it's rare amongst non-heroic mortals. And that's also probably why, among the gods and heroes, twinnings are especially notable.
Hopefully my ramblings and musings made some sort of sense, and didn't sound too stupid.
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Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 8:00 pm
That makes a lot of sense Seth.
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Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 10:07 pm
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Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 8:08 pm
Conren That makes a lot of sense Seth. Thanks Enki, I'm glad that I didn't come accross as unintelligible biggrin
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Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 7:21 am
I wonder if those twins where based on real duels, that might have not been twins.
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Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 2:22 pm
Maybe. That idea might be true
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