Talk:Achilles on Skyros

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A fact from Achilles on Skyros appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 24 October 2012 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Classical story of Achilles on Skyros was the basis for a lost play by Euripides, a painting (pictured) by Nicolas Poussin, and operas by Domenico Scarlatti and George Frideric Handel?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2012/October. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Achilles on Skyros.

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El Aquiles

"strengthened by the indication that the role of Achilles should be played by a woman"

This is hard to swallow. It contradicts so much of the action of the play. Bmclaughlin9 (talk) 23:00, 16 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I got this from here, and it is supported by sources like this and this one. Fram (talk) 07:05, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Rape

Going back to the Latin, the root meaning of the noun raptus is "carrying off, robbing, plundering", and "esp. of persons, an abduction, rape". (Lewis and Short, p. 1524). Similarly the first meaning of the verb verb rapio, pui, ptum is "to seize and carry off, to snatch, tear, drag, draw, or hurry away", and "in partic. to carry off by force; to seize, rob, ravish; to take by assault... (p. 1523). Awien (talk) 11:52, 25 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]