Acacius is a Latinized form of the Ancient Greek Akakios and can be interpreted to relate to the same root as the name Acacia, for the thorn bush, or Akakios which means "not evil." With the modern taste for ancient names that end in "us," this obscure but attractive choice may hav...
It is a common Greek word that some use as a name. Pronounced as ah-bah-kus. Acacius Acacius means “thorny; innocent, not evil”. Acacius is a Latinized form of the Ancient Greek Akakios and can be interpreted to relate to the same root as the name Acacia, for the thorn bush, ...
Meaning: A person from Attica (a region in Greece that also included Athens) Variations/Synonyms: Attikus, Attickus, Aticus, Addicus, or Atti Description: Atticus means a “citizen of Attica,” but this name has become popular as a first name because some parents find it nice. Basilo...
Many baby girl names might sound nice, but you should also consider what the name means or the associated meaning in mythology before choosing it for your baby. For example, Pandora is a popular name, but her role in Greek mythology isn’t a good one because she was the first mortal wom...
. . Aristotle [Greek philosopher C4th B.C.] has recorded that it owes its name to its having suddenly appeared emerging from the water [i.e. because delos means ‘manifest’]; Aglaosthenes, however calls is the isle of Cynthia, and others Ortygia (Quail Island), Asteria (Star Island)...
And even now I do not think that she is standing by his side to aid the destruction of his fatherland. Indeed, Dike (Justice) would truly be false to her name, if she should ally herself with a man so utterly audacious in his plans. Trusting in this fact I will go and stand ...
Hadeswas theGreek God of the Underworld, the ruler of the dead. Hades was an important God, because he incorporated the concept of the “other world” and sometimes the idea of the good and the evil. Hadesin Greek means the Unseen. Although the name Hades was the name of the God himse...
Where Gigamesh finds the plant of immortality (or at least restored youth), on the floor of the sea, was at "Dilmun," which now is identified as modern Baḥrain, -- a name that means "Two Seas," apparently in reference the salt waters of the Persian Gulf and the fresh water spring...
(the movie was, but not the TV version should not become "I Love Nia" slapstick vehicle). She also said that the reason for the name changes for herself and her husband was that she did not think it fair for an actor to step into a role so closely identified with another actor. (...
That is the insanity of economic reductivism. And as it ails, tables are eventually flipped in the name of cultural reductivism (mere culturalist "they are like that, they are inherently evil and absurd, nuke them") which is another denial (of the complexity, ambivalence, and rational...