Talk:Eridanos (mythological river)

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Apparently a User:-Ril- doesn't want to see this article merged with Eridanus (mythology) for some reason, but has not commented here and has no user page. --Wetman 16:10, 30 Jan 2005 (UTC)

The geological use of this name is introduced by geologists, NOT palaeogeographists. The revert to palaeogeographers, or so, simply is incorrect.

See the paper in which this name has been introduced: Overeem, I., Weltje, G.J., Bishop-Kay, C. & Kroonenberg, S.B., 2002. The Late Cenozoic Eridanos delta system in the southern North Sea Basin: a climate signal in sediment supply? Basin Research, 13: 293-312.

I should advise you to correct this. --Tom Meijer (talk) 19:39, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Besides, the use of this name for this 'fossil' river is relatively young and dates as you can see only from 2002. This river system is in England and the Netherlands much better known as the 'Baltic River System'. Of course, this is a less nice name, nevertheless, in geologic literature this name is much more used.--Tom Meijer (talk) 19:56, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Grr!

Strabo, the squinteyed fool, was evil and blasphemous against the might of Zeus! How could he speak against such an obvious truth! Said: Rursus ☻ 11:26, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Requested move 9 April 2015

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The result of the move request was: Moved. No opposition, and seems a reasonable request. (non-admin closure)  — Amakuru (talk) 13:20, 17 April 2015 (UTC)

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Eridanos (mythology) → Eridanos (river of Hades) – As per discussion Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Religion#Best moves. Eridanos is most commonly conceived as a river (of Hades) and precision applies. GregKaye 20:17, 9 April 2015 (UTC)

• Support. It's a bit letter-heavy, but the other Eridanoi are rivers too. If we say "Eridanos (Hades)", you lose the clarity and precision. I think Greg's suggestion here is fine. Q·L·1968 ☿ 20:35, 9 April 2015 (UTC)

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Most commonly seen today is good, but what was Eridanos basically and originally during antiquity (from Hesiod to Strabo)?

As Strabo is later than Virgil, I suppose the answer can be assumed securely as: a mythological river situated in the (extreme) north of Europe (or the then known world). I would thus suggest a renaming of the article as "Eridanus (mythology)". --Malcolm77 (talk) 09:57, 8 April 2017 (UTC)

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