91.Agamemnon. Meaning “very steadfast,” in Greek mythology, this was the boys’ name of the warrior who led the Greek expedition to Troy to bring back his brother Menelaus’ wife Helen. 92.Aias. Greek for Ajax, this name means “earth mourner.” Ajax was a warrior in the Trojan war....
Although Nereus hasn’t been a fashionable name, we believe that in our modern world of outrageous baby names, it could be. With Nereus, there’s always the possibility of using nicknames like Nerio or Nereo. More Great Names to Consider Bold Bear Names Resolute Names That Mean Survivor: W...
The Bulgarians, who had crossed the Danube about the same time as the Servians, formed a more or less homogeneous nation with the Slays and became a warrior people that more than once struck terror into the heart of the Byzantine Basileus. Towards the end of 864, or in the opening ...
"He [the Theban warrior Melanippos] is full noble and reveres the throne of Aiskhyne (Aeschyne, Honor) and detests proud speech . . . Ares will decide the outcome with a throw of the dice; but Dike (Justice), his [Ares'] kin by blood, indeed sends this man forth to keep the ...
Their names were Stheno, Euryale and the third was Medousa (Medusa), the only mortal one: thus it was her head that Perseus was sent to bring back. The Gorgones' heads were entwined with the horny scales of serpents, and they had big tusks like hogs, bronze hands, and wings of gold...
This comes last. The order in which the manuscript arranges the other epinikia seems to be casual; at least it does not follow: 1. the alphabetical sequence of the victors' names, or of the names of their cities; nor 2. chronological sequence; 3. classification by contests; nor 4...
GREEK NAMES: Female ABDERA: "from Abdera" ACACIA: "Resurrection; thorny; naive." Some variants include Cacia, Cacie, Casey, Casia, Cassie, Cassy, Kacey, Kacia, Kacie, Kasey, Kasi, Kassie, Kassja, and Kassy. ACANTHA: "thorn." Variant Akantha exists. ADARA: "Beauty." Also an Arabic ...
However, with her last child, Zeus, Rhea tricked Kronos by offering him a stone wrapped in swaddling instead. She hid Zeus on earth, where he was raised by a nymph. When he grew to manhood, Gaia helped Zeus drug Kronos and then give him a potion to make him throw up all of his si...
Here you'll find a list of the other characters that appear in Greek mythology - Greek heroes and heroines, kings, princes and princesses (all those who were not gods or goddesses). Click on their names to find out more about them (please bear with me, for the time being there are ...
Last time we had Jupiter in Gemini, June 12, 2012-June 26, 2013, Voyager 1, launched September 5 1977 was the first man-made object to enter interstellar space. Just be aware, Jupiter in Gemini can mean disinformation and cults. It can mean the mob and witch hunts, especially when ...