I've changed things a little in the Wikipedia articles below: Chinese Mythology, Hamlet, Hesiod's Theogony, and The Trojan Women. Feel free to look at the History page and check out my edits.
The Chinese Mythology article was a messy compendium of unrelated lists and poor grammar. In Hamlet, I saw that Hecuba was referred to as a "fictional character"; I promptly changed it to say that Hecuba is a real-life character in the sack of Troy and is featured in the Trojan Women by Euripides. I added a lot of things to Hesiod's Theogony, and had fun putting up all the names of the descendents of Chaos, Gaia, Eros and Tartaros. It helps me memorize the names, too, and understand the relationship between Ino and Semele, Circe and Medea. Finally, for the Trojan Women, I added a note that said Hecuba is a Latin name for Hekabe.
I never knew that Nyx had fifteen children parthenogenically, like Moros, Oneiroi, Keres, Eris, Ker, Momos, Philotes, Geras, Thanatos, Moirai, Nemesis, Hesperides, Hypnos, Oizys, and Apate. And Eris had fifteen children of her own. Eris would later roll the golden apple that led Paris to choose a path to cause the Trojan War. What's rather surprising is that many of the Greek names have articles in Wikipedia (shown blue). Some names are red, meaning that there are no articles.
The Chinese Mythology article was a messy compendium of unrelated lists and poor grammar. In Hamlet, I saw that Hecuba was referred to as a "fictional character"; I promptly changed it to say that Hecuba is a real-life character in the sack of Troy and is featured in the Trojan Women by Euripides. I added a lot of things to Hesiod's Theogony, and had fun putting up all the names of the descendents of Chaos, Gaia, Eros and Tartaros. It helps me memorize the names, too, and understand the relationship between Ino and Semele, Circe and Medea. Finally, for the Trojan Women, I added a note that said Hecuba is a Latin name for Hekabe.
I never knew that Nyx had fifteen children parthenogenically, like Moros, Oneiroi, Keres, Eris, Ker, Momos, Philotes, Geras, Thanatos, Moirai, Nemesis, Hesperides, Hypnos, Oizys, and Apate. And Eris had fifteen children of her own. Eris would later roll the golden apple that led Paris to choose a path to cause the Trojan War. What's rather surprising is that many of the Greek names have articles in Wikipedia (shown blue). Some names are red, meaning that there are no articles.
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Somehow I stumbled upon your blog and saw the poor state of the Chinese mythology article. So I've nominated it for the Article Improvement Drive. Please vote ;)
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