111.Alexis. This unisex Greek name is a short form of the male name Alexandros or Alexander. It means “helper, defender.” 112.Argyris. This cute option simply means “silver” in Greek. 113.Babis. This cute Greek boys’ name is the diminutive of Charalampos, which means “to shine fro...
has a measurable effect on the naming of children. Whereas the language gave many names to other tongues, Greek children are usually named after revered saints of the Greek Orthodox Church. Traditional naming patterns are still held in many parts of the country. The first male is named after ...
Zeus- (a.k.a. Dias, Jupiter, Tinia, Jove, Jovis Pater) Leader of the Olympic gods, and god of lightning, thunder, and the heavens. Click here to read the complete list of Greek Goddess Names. Click here to return to the Complete List of Greek Gods and Goddesses. ...
Often my mother Themis, or Gaia (Gaea, Earth) (though one form, she had many names), had foretold to me the way in which the future was fated to come to pass. That it was not by brute strength nor through violence, but by guile that those who should gain the upper hand were dest...
Hesiod (Theog. 77. &c.) is the first that states the names of all the nine, and these nine names henceforth became established. They are Cleio, Euterpe, Thaleia, Melpomene, Terpsichore, Erato, Polymnia, Urania, and Calliope. Plutarch (l. c.) states that in some places all nine were...
Thetis- Leader of the Nereids, a shapeshifter, and a prophet. Tyche- (a.k.a. Fortuna, Nortia) Goddess of fortune and prosperity. Urania- One of the Muses - represented Astronomy and Astrology. Click here for a list of male gods from Greek mythology. ...
I call Thesmophoros [Iakkhos (Iacchus)], Dionysos spermatic god, Eubouleos (Eubuleus) of various names, who bears the leafy rod: Misa, ineffable, pure, sacred queen, twofold Iakkhos, male and female seen. Illustrious, whether to rejoice is thine in incense offered in the fane divine; ...
1. protagonist, leading man, lead actor, male lead, principal male character The hero of Doctor Zhivago dies in 1929. 2. star, champion, celebrity, victor, superstar, great man, heart-throb (Brit.), conqueror, exemplar, celeb (informal), megastar (informal), popular figure, man of the ...
His male contemporaries were frequently shocked by the 'heresies' he put into the mouths of characters, such as these words of his heroine Medea: His contemporaries associated him with Socrates as a leader of a decadent intellectualism, both of them being frequently lampooned by comic poets such...
In 1917, due to anti-German sentiments during World War I, King George V of the United Kingdom decreed that all his relatives who had Germanic names and titles and were British subjects should exchange their old names and titles for new English-sounding ones. The Battenberg surname was anglic...