On 4 May, 10:08, Ben wrote:
On May 2, 4:03 pm, Nicci wrote:





I was looking for the meaning of the seven gates of Thebes,
some of them I can find, but some I can find no reference to,
can tell me what they mean?

Procotides.........Thera.......Protides.......Poet ides
Electrae...........Cleodoxe....Electran.......Elec tra
Neistae or Neitae..Astynome....Neistae........Neitae
Ilomolaides........Astycratia..Pallas Onca's..Hypsistae
Ogygiae............Ogyia.......Borean.........Ogyg ian
Hypsistac..........Chias.......Homuloid.......Homo lodies
Crenacae...........Chloris.....'Ruin'.........Cren aeae

and how, or if, they're significant in anyway to these planets?

1.Moon,
2.Mercury
3.Venus
4.Sun
5.Mars
6.Jupiter
7.Saturn

Thanks,

Nicki

Nicki,
I always enjoy putting together puzzles like this and although
I'm not especially good at it I have come up with a few items.

The first column I believe are Latin derivatives. At least they
have the familiar case endings of Latin. The second column
contains the Greek (originals). So here it goes as far as
meanings are concerned:
Thera - refers to a female servant but I'm sure it derives from
theri'zo, meaning "I harvest".
Cleodoxe is from kleos (praise) + doxa (glory)
Astynome derives from "astu" (city) + nomos (law)
Astykratia comes from astu + kratos (power)
Ogyia is tough. The only mention I could find is in
Michael Grant's *The Rise of the Greeks* and he says
that the first king of Thebes was Ogyges. So
I believe the name applies to him. (Probably means
"followers of Ogyges")
Chias- (?) May be from Chios, the birthplace of Homer.
Chloris (green) was a common name for Roman women but
to the Greeks it was an epithet for the nightengale
that always dwelt in green foliage.

As far as astronomical significance is concerned in the early
Boeotian period the was almost certainly a reference to the
Sun (probably Cleodoxe) and the Moon (Thera). Jupiter, who
was usually "Zeu Pater" (father Zeus) might have been
signified by Astykratia or Asytnome.
Hope this helps.
Hope this posts. Im having ISP trouble.

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Thank-you everso much,

I knew that Thera, 'Chios' and Ogyia were islands, and that
the mythological persons and ancient names coincide with
some of the present named constellations and planets,
I imagined that there might be some link or other with the 7
gates or names of the daughters (one ref said there were
10 sons also! but I think thats from an earlier in myth)
Alternatively gates to a city are generally an in-bound route
from main roads to/from other main cities, maybe ones lost
to us without archaeological evidence,

ta!

n.