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To: Conan the Librarian
Greek.

They should have stuck with the Roman gods.

They did for the other planets. Why switch to Greek for this one?

33 posted on 09/13/2022 8:42:40 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (The nation of france was named after a hedgehog... The hedgehog's name was Kevin... Don't ask)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Greek.
They should have stuck with the Roman gods.
They did for the other planets. Why switch to Greek for this one?

Interesting that they didn't call it Caelus, the Roman equivalent. They switched back to Latin for Neptune and Pluto.

35 posted on 09/13/2022 8:53:34 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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