r/Angryupvote • u/Interesting_Tale • 13d ago

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u/Playful-Sleep-6750 13d ago

Well technically they arent humans they are demigods.

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u/OscarMMG 13d ago

demigods were made up by Percy Jackson. They're humans with divine ancestry.

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u/Playful-Sleep-6750 13d ago

The term originated in the 1520s as a direct translation (or calque) of the Latin word semideus (literally "half-god"). The Roman poet Ovid coined the Latin term to refer to lesser deities, and it closely mirrors the ancient Greek equivalent, hemitheos (from hemi- meaning "half" and theos meaning "god"). No it existed before the books and has a greek equivalent

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u/OscarMMG 13d ago

The modern conception of a demigod as a distinct species originates from fiction adaptations, earlier instances of hemitheos should be considered more like Homeric epithets

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u/Playful-Sleep-6750 13d ago

Welp im out of greek nerd info so this round goes to you

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