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Apart from it featuring a snake cult, what's the connection between Glycon and the Conan movie? Rojomoke 11:05, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
Well, nobody's commented in the last 3 months, so I'm removing the link. Rojomoke 11:43, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
What's the pronunciation? Is it a hard or soft c or something else? Since the "c" precedes the "o" I would normally say a hard c, but it also comes after a "y" which makes me somewhat unsure. Additionally, is it a long or short o? 24.190.34.219 ( talk) 17:12, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
The section on Glycon in modern times is 90% about one possible follower (Alan Moore) who essentially mentions that it's non-serious. Shouldn't the part about Moore be moved to some kind of popular culture section? Dlamblin ( talk) 10:36, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
Lucian claimed Glycon was created in the mid-2nd century by the Greek prophet Alexander of Abonutichus. (In 20 BC Glycon is referred to by the Roman poet Horace, in his Epistle 1 to Maecenas in his First Book of Epistles; "... you despair of the muscles of the invincible Glycon...")
Alexander of Abonoteichus has the founder of the cult living in the 2nd century AD, so it seems the reference by Horace to Glycon merits some further explanation. Are we sure we are dealing with the same character here?-- Abulmiskafur ( talk) 04:05, 5 August 2016 (UTC)
I believe that Horace is not referring to Alexanders snake-god Glycon: professional editions and/or translations by H. Ruston Fairclough and Philip Francis state that Glycon is a person (whoever that is, remains unclear), but the idea that Horace is referring to the snake is not accounted for by anyone, I believe, and should therefore be removed from the page. -- Brambenthem ( talk) 15:11, 18 November 2019 (UTC)
I came here to tell you this, too. The Glycon mentioned by Horace is a very different figure, it's not this "god" at all.
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Apart from it featuring a snake cult, what's the connection between Glycon and the Conan movie? Rojomoke 11:05, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
Well, nobody's commented in the last 3 months, so I'm removing the link. Rojomoke 11:43, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
What's the pronunciation? Is it a hard or soft c or something else? Since the "c" precedes the "o" I would normally say a hard c, but it also comes after a "y" which makes me somewhat unsure. Additionally, is it a long or short o? 24.190.34.219 ( talk) 17:12, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
The section on Glycon in modern times is 90% about one possible follower (Alan Moore) who essentially mentions that it's non-serious. Shouldn't the part about Moore be moved to some kind of popular culture section? Dlamblin ( talk) 10:36, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
Lucian claimed Glycon was created in the mid-2nd century by the Greek prophet Alexander of Abonutichus. (In 20 BC Glycon is referred to by the Roman poet Horace, in his Epistle 1 to Maecenas in his First Book of Epistles; "... you despair of the muscles of the invincible Glycon...")
Alexander of Abonoteichus has the founder of the cult living in the 2nd century AD, so it seems the reference by Horace to Glycon merits some further explanation. Are we sure we are dealing with the same character here?-- Abulmiskafur ( talk) 04:05, 5 August 2016 (UTC)
I believe that Horace is not referring to Alexanders snake-god Glycon: professional editions and/or translations by H. Ruston Fairclough and Philip Francis state that Glycon is a person (whoever that is, remains unclear), but the idea that Horace is referring to the snake is not accounted for by anyone, I believe, and should therefore be removed from the page. -- Brambenthem ( talk) 15:11, 18 November 2019 (UTC)
I came here to tell you this, too. The Glycon mentioned by Horace is a very different figure, it's not this "god" at all.