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From: Lawrence Bouett <>
Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Greek mythology problem
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2007 18:10:18 -0700
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Jim, I meant to add that you do not need parents in order to have
siblings (Chaos, Gaia, Tartaros, and Eros). Lawrence

Lawrence Bouett wrote:
> Jim,
>
> This is an interesting project. I do not use FTM 11 any longer, so I was
> not able to duplicate your difficulties. In FTM V.16, however, there
> were no problems. I did not try to enter the entire pantheon,
> however—just the players you mentioned, below. Then, I produced a family
> tree chart for one of the six children of Cronos and Rheia. Everything
> worked perfectly. Gias show up in the proper places, and she is numbered
> so that she can be identified as appearing multiple times.
>
> The only restriction was that, in order to have FTM allow Ouranos and
> Gias to 'marry', I had to create a bogus father for Ouranos; otherwise,
> FTM would not allow the marriage, since that would be tantamount to
> allowing Ouranos to father himself—a reasonable restriction, I think; so
> I created 'No One' as Ouranos' father.
>
> I hope this information helps.
>
> Lawrence
>
> Joyce & Jim wrote:
>
>> I am using FTM 11. While studying some Greek mythology I thought it would
>> be helpful to use FTM to construct a "family tree" for the Gods described in
>> Hesoid's Theogony. In this version there was no supreme creator; four Gods
>> just appeared at the time Earth formed. To have a tree I first entered an
>> entity named "No One" so the Chaos, Gaia, Tartaros, and Eros would all be
>> shown as peers. Gias gives birth to Ouranos with no stated father. Now the
>> problems begin, at least for FTM. Gias mates with her son Ouranos and
>> produces 12 children. From there more complications arise, but this is
>> enough to demonstrate the problem. When a descendants tree is drawn, Gias
>> and Ouranos both appear twice as distinct individuals and they cannot be
>> merged. The chart becomes further redundant when two of the 12 children
>> (Cronos and Rheia) marry and produce six children and all of these
>> individuals appear on the chart twice even though the index of individuals
>> shows these names only once.
>>
>> Has anyone attempted a similar exercise with more success? Or are there any
>> ideas as to what I have done wrong.
>>
>> Please don't make this a theological discussion.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
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