The word Astartes: I'm confused about the origins, does it come from the goddess Astarte? I know that she was sometimes associated with war, but it wasn't her main deal, and then you've got dozens of other versions of her, how does it connect to the word? How did GW decide on this name?
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12-15-2013, 02:34 PM #1Brother-Sergeant
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Astarte??????
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12-15-2013, 02:40 PM #2Chapter-Master
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Astarte is bad latin for "star." The Adeptus Astartes are the "adepts of the stars" representing their role as explorers and conquerers in the name of the Emperor.
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12-15-2013, 04:40 PM #3Occuli Imperator
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I prefer the use of Astarte as in the Egyptian warrior goddess.
It could be a simple transpositional error, Astartes instead of Astrates
Though to be honest, as is very common with GW, the rule of cool works. So it sounds good and almost like it is right so we'll use it, if anyone complains that it is made up or we are misusing the subjunctive then we shall point out that High Gothic is not Latin, despite how it looks...Fan of Fuggles | Derailment of the Wolfpack of Horsemen | In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni
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12-16-2013, 05:20 AM #4Banned
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I think they just thought it sounded cool and "latin-y" so went with it, it comes from a time when the game was sillier and not as sophsticated and big as it is now
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12-16-2013, 06:37 AM #5Brother-Captain
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Rule of Cool. If it sounds cool, then we're good.
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12-16-2013, 10:01 AM #6Battle-Brother
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Astarte was a goddess of love... Emperor's soldiers are like Emperor's love, hard and fast.
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12-16-2013, 10:49 AM #7Veteran-Sergeant
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I thought that was just the Emperors Children
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12-16-2013, 08:24 PM #8Librarian
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Are you saying Zapp Brannigan is The Emperor? Originally Posted by TB0N3
I'm thinking it'd probably turn out more like Daleks playing Quiddich. "It is the Potter!! EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE! " (someone I know on twitter)
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12-17-2013, 05:25 AM #9Brother-Captain
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Are you saying he isn't? Originally Posted by gwensdad
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12-17-2013, 05:37 AM #10Occuli Imperator
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That could explain the velours...
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