Talk:Mnemosyne

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[edit] Pronunciation

Since the article goes out of its way to give a pronunciation, it should be correct: "pronounced: mnay-moh-su-nay in 4 syllables" I've always pronounced it with the emphasis on the antepenultimate syllable: "Mne-MO-sy-ne." Have I been wrong? It's never too late to learn. Wetman 06:17, 26 Sep 2004 (UTC)

I don't know about the stress, since I've yet to encounter this word before. But I'm taking a beginning ancient Greek class, and there I learned that omega is used when the 'o' sound is long, and omicron is used when the 'o' sound is short. If my teacher is correct, then there's no way that Mνημοσυνη can be mnay-moh-su-nay; instead, it should be the short sound of 'o'. As in: mnay-muh-su-nay. Maybe this word is an exception to the rule, but if that is an omicron (Mνημοσυνη) and not an omega (Mνημωσυνη), then it should definitely be "muh" instead of "moh". I'm changing it to reflect this, but as I said before, I've never encountered the word before, and I'm merely going off of the rules of Greek pronunciation. If you know for certain that this word is an exception to the rule, please change it back. Eric Herboso 05:15, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)
I have always pronounced it "Knee Moss Oh Knee". 70.20.205.113 07:52, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Sooo, if Zeus had kids by her and she was known for all this other stuff, she obviously wasn't deposed like the other Titans in the titanomachy then? Th

Well, I don't know about the rest of you, but I can't read Russi-brew-abic, or whatever the pronuncuation is written in. We need to englishifiy it. There a russibrewabic translater around? 2k6168 (talk) 11:54, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Sister of the Furies

Wasn't she also the sister of the Furies? 70.20.205.113 07:52, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

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