100 Greek Boy NamesBy Beth Roberts | Last Updated July 3, 2022 You might think that the names of Greek children are not different from those in many other places in the world, but you would be mistaken. The naming practices of Greece, since ancient times, have been distinctive and influen...
If it’s a baby boy, you can name him after a noble Persian king such as Darius, a Hebrew prophet such as Elijah, a Greek god such as Apollo, or other Greek baby boy names. If you’re having a baby girl, you can choose from our top 100 Greek baby girl names below: Acacia Orig...
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: "After the statues of the eponymoi [eponmous heroes, near the Tholos in Athens] come statues of gods, Amphiaraus, and Eirene (Irene, Peace) carrying the boy Ploutos (Plutus, Wealth)."Pausanias, Description of Greece 9. 16. 2 : "It was a clever idea of these artists to place ...
“breeze” in Latin and Greek. It also connotes the illumination that each person emanates. 73.Charikleia.This option stems from another Greek girls’ name on this list, Charis or Haris. All these names mean “grace” or “kindness” and “glory.” And these are all wonderful attributes...
He scarce had ended when the boy declared his wish--his father's chariot for one day with licence to control the soaring steeds. Grief and remorse flooded his father's soul, and bitterly he shook his glorious head : ‘Rash have your words proved mine! Would that I might retract my prom...
and his crew must pass them to get home. They edge around Charybdis’ spiralling sea, saving the ship from being swallowed whole. But Scylla swoops down and gobbles up six men. “Row!” Odysseus shouts, leading the rest of the crew past Scylla and out of the deadly channel. Having surv...
She showed to the god the child in its cradle; but Apollo took the boy before Zeus, and demanded back his oxen. Zeus commanded him to comply with the demand of Apollo, but Hermes denied that he had stolen the cattle. As, however, he saw that his assertions were not believed, he ...
: "Helios (the Sun) that fosters life upon the earth."Plato, Cratylus 408d (trans. Lamb) (Greek philosopher C4th B.C.) : "[Plato constructs etymologies for the names of gods and heavenly bodies :] Sokrates : Shall we discuss the sun (Hêlios), as you mentioned it first? . . . ...