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It's two jokes. Firstly, "Barbarian" was a ancient Greek-"invented" term for people who don't speak Greek (or heavy dialects of Greek). The generally accepted theory is that "Barbar" is them imitating sounds they don't understand, similar to a modern "blabla". Secondly, Hercules is the Roman name for the Greek Heracles.
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Heracles or Hercules is a Greek tragic character who at one point murders his wife and child when in a rage. Thinking Disney's Hercules is an accurate portrayal is where they messed up in describing their character, and both the DM and history buff know it, but the DM won't let them ruin the surprise.
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wouldn't it be more like a racist stereotype? like calling Chinese (Using as an example not come at me) ching chongs? ie making fun of their language.It's still in use today when people talk of the Berbers, in north Africa, that's the origin of the name.
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Heracles or Hercules is a Greek tragic character who at one point murders his wife and child when in a rage. Thinking Disney's Hercules is an accurate portrayal is where they messed up in describing their character, and both the DM and history buff know it, but the DM won't let them ruin the surprise.
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This post did not contain any content.This is one of those "technically true, but missing the bigger picture" pedantic gotchas. Yes, Hercules is the Roman name not the Greek name. Yes, barbarian as a term originally meant not-Greek or not-Greek-enough for some Greeks. But it's not like you're going for full historical accuracy already (or even could if you wanted to). It's just a subjective scale of how accurate do you want to be in what ways that you think are important. You're not going to speak ancient or koine Greek when playing the game. You're playing game rules that aren't based solely on Greek mythological cosmology. Barbarian isn't a term in DnD for non-Greeks the same way chai tea in English doesn't mean "tea tea," but rather "a spiced Indian tea." Words have multiple meanings. Those meanings can change over time. Those words can have a different meaning in a different language even if adopted from the same source.
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This is one of those "technically true, but missing the bigger picture" pedantic gotchas. Yes, Hercules is the Roman name not the Greek name. Yes, barbarian as a term originally meant not-Greek or not-Greek-enough for some Greeks. But it's not like you're going for full historical accuracy already (or even could if you wanted to). It's just a subjective scale of how accurate do you want to be in what ways that you think are important. You're not going to speak ancient or koine Greek when playing the game. You're playing game rules that aren't based solely on Greek mythological cosmology. Barbarian isn't a term in DnD for non-Greeks the same way chai tea in English doesn't mean "tea tea," but rather "a spiced Indian tea." Words have multiple meanings. Those meanings can change over time. Those words can have a different meaning in a different language even if adopted from the same source.
