Thread: Greek Gods

Does anyone know the Russian names for...

Dionysus - Dionysian
Hephaestus - Hephesian

Ra, Estrus, Aureate, Frost, Sable

Hawk-Eye, Ember, Shogun, Ivy

Hercules, Fa

Originally Posted by Knave

Does anyone know the Russian names for...

Dionysus - Dionysian

n. "Дионисий", a. "дионисийский" (e.g. in "дионисийские мистерии").


Hephaestus - Hephesian

n. Гефест, and I don't think there is a specific adjective derived from this name, so Hephesian may be translated differently, depending on the context


Ra
Ра. This fellow isn't really a Greek, though. He was kind of adopted by Greeks, I think



Estrus

Hmmmm... Are you sure this is a god's name? Never heard of a god Estrus...

Hercules

Known in Russian both as "Геракл" (more common) and "Геркулес" (this is a latinized form).

Note: Hercules Poirot is "Эркюль Пуаро"

Shogun

Now, do you mean to say this is a Greek good to???

Shoguns were military rulers of medieval Japan, who ruled, theoretically "in the name of imperor" but actually held all the power in their own hands.
The Russian for shogun is "сёгун".

Zephyr
Зефир (One of those gods who were responsible for different types of winds)

Nereid

Нереида


Aureate, Frost, Sable

Hawk-Eye, Ember, Ivy

Fa?ade, Sandman,

Blade, Equine, Knave, Absinthe

No clue about this guys. Of course, all these words do mean something in Russian, but I do not recognize them as name of gods, Greek or otherwise.. Where did you find this names, anyway? Some cartoon serial?
:P

Those aren't greek gods. I just made the title of Greek Gods, and was wondering if anyone could translate the rest. That's all. I those names were not from a serial? series, maybe? But just random words I would have like to know.

I recognize a number of them as comic book characters, and dude, I hate to tell ya, but I'm pretty sure Neil Gaiman hasn't been translated to Russian yet.

Originally Posted by Knave

not from a serial? series, maybe?.

se·ri·al, n.
1. anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.


That's the definition I used.

Originally Posted by Knave

not from a serial? series, maybe?.

se·ri·al, n.
1. anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.


That's the definition I used. But I guess 'series' would indeed be a better word here