Talk:Caerus

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ntribs]]) 18:56, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

example.com?

I don's understand the last edit, I was about to revert (as a normal user however), because some of the information makes no much sence for me and it adds a link.

I prefer to wait and see what happens.

But I will erase the link right now.

--Camahuetos 00:29, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

This article is mostly interpretive. References to Pausanias and A. Fairbanks need to be documented. Is the interpretation from Fairbanks or from the author of the article? Substantiate, please. Dactylion (talk) 20:00, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

Was Caerus Involved with Any Greek Myths?

I can see that Caerus was supposed to overthrow his father and was wondering what the Greek myth story attributed to that was. I wasn't able to find it in other sources yet, but I will keep looking.

S subanana (talk) 18:41, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

@S subanana Why do you say he was supposed to overthrow Zeus?

But, as with most Greg deities who represent concept, it is unlikely he has any true mythos. Even his being a son of Zeus is probably allegorical - as the great god and king of the gods, Zeus would be the source of fortune for mortals. Mastakos (talk) 03:48, 31 May 2026 (UTC)

Error in 'Representations' section?

@S subanana: (or anyone else who might know): In a part of the quote from the base of the statue, "Because none whom I have once raced by on my winged feet will now, though he wishes it sore, take hold of me from behind.", shouldn't "...though he wishes it sore,..." be wishes it SO rather than wishes it SORE? I have no knowledgeable basis for suggesting this other than it would maybe make better sense, so maybe it's been mis-quoted there? (I do however find at least one online source which also says 'sore', so maybe I'm wrong.) UnderEducatedGeezer (talk) 07:34, 19 May 2022 (UTC)

@UnderEducatedGeezer "wishes it sore" is archaic now, and means something like "no matter how hard he wants it." Probably a similar origin to "sore loser" - "sore" here is an emphatic word. Mastakos (talk) 03:46, 31 May 2026 (UTC)