Twenty Questions - Game 64

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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 64

by JECE » Wed Nov 02, 2022 1:46 pm

Szpoti wrote: ↑
Wed Nov 02, 2022 12:08 pm
damo666 wrote: ↑
Wed Nov 02, 2022 11:19 am
Gaia?
I wanted to provide another hint that other generations of deities should be also tapped on, but I don't need it ;-)

Gaia/Terra it is!

My hesitation in relation to her birth was the fact that she emerged from Chaos and she formed the primordial Earth which certainly showed a different configuration of the continents without developed Europe (Pangea, for example). But since these geological facts were not known to ancient Greeks, I just leaned towards the interpretation that Gaia, as a concept, was created in ancient Greece (forgive me this oversophistication).
Nice one!

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 64

by JECE » Wed Nov 02, 2022 1:44 pm

Szpoti wrote: ↑
Wed Nov 02, 2022 2:41 am
JECE wrote: ↑
Tue Nov 01, 2022 10:18 pm
Szpoti wrote: ↑
Tue Nov 01, 2022 5:49 pm

Yes!
Would this exclude or include demigods?
These are actually two questions. Would you reformulate?
I was hoping that you would just clarify without counting it as a question. ;-)

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 64

by Szpoti » Wed Nov 02, 2022 12:08 pm

damo666 wrote: ↑
Wed Nov 02, 2022 11:19 am
Gaia?
I wanted to provide another hint that other generations of deities should be also tapped on, but I don't need it ;-)

Gaia/Terra it is!

My hesitation in relation to her birth was the fact that she emerged from Chaos and she formed the primordial Earth which certainly showed a different configuration of the continents without developed Europe (Pangea, for example). But since these geological facts were not known to ancient Greeks, I just leaned towards the interpretation that Gaia, as a concept, was created in ancient Greece (forgive me this oversophistication).

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 64

by damo666 » Wed Nov 02, 2022 11:19 am

Gaia?

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 64

by Szpoti » Wed Nov 02, 2022 9:42 am

Hamish wrote: ↑
Wed Nov 02, 2022 9:34 am
 I will go for Demeter/Ceres.
No

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 64

by Hamish » Wed Nov 02, 2022 9:34 am

I will go for Demeter/Ceres.

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 64

by Szpoti » Wed Nov 02, 2022 7:35 am

VillageIdiot wrote: ↑
Wed Nov 02, 2022 6:31 am
 May as well halve the playing field of options.

Greek?
Yes... but this distinction is not very informative. Greek mythology predates Roman by something like 1,000 years. So ontologically, all deities can be considered 'Greek', and for a millennium, they were exclusively Greek.
Practically all Greek mythological figures have their counterparts in Roman mythology. The character in question goes by her Greek and Roman name, and I will accept either.
Hint: my gut feeling is that she is better known by her Greek name, but her Roman name entered the English lexicon too.

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 64

by VillageIdiot » Wed Nov 02, 2022 6:31 am

May as well halve the playing field of options.

Greek?

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 64

by Szpoti » Wed Nov 02, 2022 6:07 am

10 questions to go, if I count correctly.

A female deity from Greco-Roman mythology.

Wrong guesses:
Nessie
Aphrodite
Athena
Artemis
Hera

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 64

by Szpoti » Wed Nov 02, 2022 6:03 am

damo666 wrote: ↑
Tue Nov 01, 2022 1:00 pm
Hamish wrote: ↑
Tue Nov 01, 2022 7:24 am
Szpoti wrote: ↑
Tue Nov 01, 2022 5:59 am
 I sense that I should offer some hint: first appearance in oral tradition.
Ah. Pretty old then probably. Born in what now is Europe?
If yes, did the legend originate in the British Isles?
Sorry, I've missed this one - no

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 64

by Szpoti » Wed Nov 02, 2022 6:02 am

Ferdack wrote: ↑
Wed Nov 02, 2022 4:58 am
Hera?
no

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 64

by Szpoti » Wed Nov 02, 2022 6:02 am

Doom427 wrote: ↑
Wed Nov 02, 2022 3:57 am
 I'll go for one of my favorites, Diana/Artemis
no

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 64

by Ferdack » Wed Nov 02, 2022 4:58 am

Hera?

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 64

by Doom427 » Wed Nov 02, 2022 3:57 am

I'll go for one of my favorites, Diana/Artemis

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 64

by Szpoti » Wed Nov 02, 2022 3:03 am

DougJoe wrote: ↑
Wed Nov 02, 2022 2:51 am
Male?
no

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 64

by DougJoe » Wed Nov 02, 2022 2:51 am

Male?

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 64

by Szpoti » Wed Nov 02, 2022 2:46 am

The beginning was slow, but we're on the right track:
a deity from the Greco/Roman pantheon.

Not Aphrodite, Athena/Minerva.
And, obviously, not Nessie.

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 64

by Szpoti » Wed Nov 02, 2022 2:41 am

DougJoe wrote: ↑
Wed Nov 02, 2022 2:39 am
 Free Guess:Athena/Minerva?
no

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 64

by Szpoti » Wed Nov 02, 2022 2:41 am

JECE wrote: ↑
Tue Nov 01, 2022 10:18 pm
Szpoti wrote: ↑
Tue Nov 01, 2022 5:49 pm
gjdip wrote: ↑
Tue Nov 01, 2022 5:07 pm
Deity?
Yes!
Would this exclude or include demigods?
These are actually two questions. Would you reformulate?

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 64

by DougJoe » Wed Nov 02, 2022 2:39 am

Free Guess:Athena/Minerva?

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