Mahdi Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 Now I know all the titans took there names after Greek heros nad such, and the Neo-Cymeks took there names from other mythologies (ie. Beowulf) but why did Erasmus, a robot, name himself Erasmus? What possible connection is there between ERasmus of legends of Dune, and Erasmus of history? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sober Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ErasmusNot sure about why. But then again, we should also question why Seurat (the robot) was named Seurat. But Erasmus is a better character.I think it's a mystery on how BH&KJA name some of their characters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 I think that the 'authors' just thought it sounds like a nice name. I mean Dante doesn't seem to have much connection to his namesake (no poetry, lack of inferno), and neither did Hecate. Erasmus could possibly have taken the name through being a thinker compared to his machine counterparts, as (the) Erasmus was a philosopher, I think. But more likely it was just a case of "Ooo, pretty word, find a character we can use this word on." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tako Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 erasmus was a philosepher ( and a dutch one I might add)I think Dante is right, Erasmus always tried to understand human nature and The philosepher erasmus has had his interests in that as well, although the connections might be small and trivial, I think the character's in the books chose thre names not out of the bleu ( or however you say that) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemafakei Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 Well, I can say that we've not had any cymek connections here at Queens' - although the Erasmus building across from me looks particularly mechanical and evil.(NB: 1506- First visit of Erasmus. 1510-15?- Second visit of Erasmus. http://www.quns.cam.ac.uk/Queens/Misc/chronology.html)But yes, I think it may just have been authorial inconsistency. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garth Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 Hecate was a witch from Greek mythology, so there is some correlation there. Don't forget Dante wrote the Inferno partly as a way to condemn his political enemies in a subtle way.As for Erasmus, his character is probably the best thing to come out of the prequels, but apart from the philosopher from history, can't really think of a strong connection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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