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Mars Day

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Revision as of 00:14, 13 October 2006 by Joe Beaudoin Jr. (talk | contribs) (Mars Day (holiday) moved to Mars Day: we really don't know if it's a holiday at all; and no disambiguation is necessary anyway)

Mars Day is the name of a Colonial day. While named after the Colonial God of War, it remains unspecified whether this is a holiday or the name of a Colonial weekday (Occupation).

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The use of the name "Mars" is paradoxical with Colonial religious history in the Re-imagined Series, as Mars is the Roman name of the Greek god Ares after the Roman assimilation of the Greek pantheon and the change of names to these gods (Zeus to Jupiter, Hera to Juno, Athena to Minerva, Ares to Mars, et al.) This is the second instance where Roman pantheon names have been used in the series: Pegasus is a Mercury class battlestar.

In french and other romance languages, the name for Tuesday derives from the latin "Martis dies" (literally, "Mars' Day"). The english name derives from Tyr, the Norse equivalent of Mars.

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