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Ancient Greek sources only ever mention Phineus, never Phineas. The first name has two syllables in Greek (Phi-neus); the second has three (Phi-ne-as), and is furthermore a completely different name, being a late borrowing of the Coptic name Pinehas which in Coptic means "the southerner." Why are the two names treated as equivalents in this and other articles? They're not the same name! -- Darrell M., 69.248.116.112 00:54, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
Also, I'm quite sure it was Prometheus whose liver was eaten. Someone might be a little confused on that point. Therefore I'm removing it and if I'm shown a reference stating it was Phineus as well, then I'll put it back. Ok? Ragnarokmephy 02:03, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
I think that this article could be split up in several different articles, one on each of the mythological figures. Either that or separate the different figures with headings, to make the article easier to read. T@nn 02:13, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
FYI, I did it already. 69.249.128.195 ( talk) 15:04, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
also Dani Filth mentions Phineas in the song "The Smoke of Her Burning" on the Cradle of Filth album Damnation and a Day - "...like Phineus, now I see..."
Damn good album. Ragnarokmephy 03:42, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
The current See Also list seems a bit dubious to me. It's just a list of unrelated figures who happened to have the same first name. I'm going to wipe it out since it simply doesn't seem relevant. A more appropriate list of See Alsos will hopefully take its place. 75.6.253.173 06:44, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
There should also be mentioned an another version of (the first) Phineus' life and death. According to the myth of Perseus he wanted to marry his niece Andromeda (daughter to his brother Cepheus) and was petrified by his rival Perseus who held the head of Medusa before him. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.141.175.180 ( talk) 14:39, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
I did this too. 69.249.128.195 ( talk) 15:04, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
In 2006 (above) an IP noted that Phineas does not occur in Ancient Greek. Phineas (Φινέας) is the Modern Greek form. Since this an ancient topic, the ancient form should be the headword, no less because it's the form used in English-language scholarship. I don't know if the headword stemmed from the modern form or from a mistaken direct identification with the modern given name Phineas, but I do believe that a move ought to be made to Phineus (mythology) or just plain Phineus, usurping that disambiguation page as these Phineuses are the ones folks will be after most of the time. I doubt that Phineas is WP:MOSTCOMMON for this figure in English, and the interwikis point toward forms derived directly from Φινεύς being most common globally. — [dave] cardiff | chestnut — 13:01, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: pages moved -- JHunterJ ( talk) 17:51, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
– See preceding discussion. The current headword of this page is a misspelling, so Phineas should be moved to Phineus (this is the primary topic for this headword). Phineus is currently the disambiguation page, so Phineus (disambiguation) should be deleted and the current content of Phineus moved there. The majority of the links have already been fixed in advance of this move. Thank you. — [dave] cardiff | chestnut — 14:50, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
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Ancient Greek sources only ever mention Phineus, never Phineas. The first name has two syllables in Greek (Phi-neus); the second has three (Phi-ne-as), and is furthermore a completely different name, being a late borrowing of the Coptic name Pinehas which in Coptic means "the southerner." Why are the two names treated as equivalents in this and other articles? They're not the same name! -- Darrell M., 69.248.116.112 00:54, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
Also, I'm quite sure it was Prometheus whose liver was eaten. Someone might be a little confused on that point. Therefore I'm removing it and if I'm shown a reference stating it was Phineus as well, then I'll put it back. Ok? Ragnarokmephy 02:03, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
I think that this article could be split up in several different articles, one on each of the mythological figures. Either that or separate the different figures with headings, to make the article easier to read. T@nn 02:13, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
FYI, I did it already. 69.249.128.195 ( talk) 15:04, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
also Dani Filth mentions Phineas in the song "The Smoke of Her Burning" on the Cradle of Filth album Damnation and a Day - "...like Phineus, now I see..."
Damn good album. Ragnarokmephy 03:42, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
The current See Also list seems a bit dubious to me. It's just a list of unrelated figures who happened to have the same first name. I'm going to wipe it out since it simply doesn't seem relevant. A more appropriate list of See Alsos will hopefully take its place. 75.6.253.173 06:44, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
There should also be mentioned an another version of (the first) Phineus' life and death. According to the myth of Perseus he wanted to marry his niece Andromeda (daughter to his brother Cepheus) and was petrified by his rival Perseus who held the head of Medusa before him. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.141.175.180 ( talk) 14:39, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
I did this too. 69.249.128.195 ( talk) 15:04, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
In 2006 (above) an IP noted that Phineas does not occur in Ancient Greek. Phineas (Φινέας) is the Modern Greek form. Since this an ancient topic, the ancient form should be the headword, no less because it's the form used in English-language scholarship. I don't know if the headword stemmed from the modern form or from a mistaken direct identification with the modern given name Phineas, but I do believe that a move ought to be made to Phineus (mythology) or just plain Phineus, usurping that disambiguation page as these Phineuses are the ones folks will be after most of the time. I doubt that Phineas is WP:MOSTCOMMON for this figure in English, and the interwikis point toward forms derived directly from Φινεύς being most common globally. — [dave] cardiff | chestnut — 13:01, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: pages moved -- JHunterJ ( talk) 17:51, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
– See preceding discussion. The current headword of this page is a misspelling, so Phineas should be moved to Phineus (this is the primary topic for this headword). Phineus is currently the disambiguation page, so Phineus (disambiguation) should be deleted and the current content of Phineus moved there. The majority of the links have already been fixed in advance of this move. Thank you. — [dave] cardiff | chestnut — 14:50, 23 April 2012 (UTC)