The famous author William Shakespeare used this name in several plays, including “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,”“Antony and Cleopatra,” and “Titus Andronicus.” Dion Origin: Greek Meaning: Follower of Dionysus and Zeus Variations/Synonyms: Dionne, Deon, Dieone, Dio, Deo, Deion, or Deon...
Meaning: "of the lyre; songlike; a personal, emotive poem" Description: Associated with poetry, pop music, and the Greek lyre, Lyric has a light and zippy sound to it and joins the likes of Melody, Harmony, Cadence, and Aria as musical names that have become baby names. A unisex na...
Meaning: "life" Description: Zoe is one of those surprising names that has been on the Top 1000 nearly every year since 1880, but it's only since the turn of this century that it's ranked in the Top 100. Origin: Greek Meaning: ...
Meaning: God of dreams and sleep Description: He’s known as the dream messenger of the gods, sending divine messages through stories and images in dreams. Nereus Origin: Greek Meaning: Titan god of the sea Variations/Synonyms: Old Man of the Sea (coined by Homer) Description: He’...
"When Jove [Zeus] saw that they [Theseus and Peirithous] had such audacity [kidnapping Helene] as to expose themselves to danger, he bade them in a dream both go and ask Pluto [Haides] on Pirithous' part for Proserpina [Persephone] in marriage. When they had descended to the Land of...
The first section of this page lists the Spirits (or Daemones) by their Greek names, the second gives their Latin counterparts. After each there follows an English translation of the name-word. In many cases multiple terms are used to clarify the meaning of the word, especially moral ...
meaning that it was primarily an exposition of political and military events. But Polybius considered the historian’s main task to be not the description but rather the explanation of events and the revelation of the causes of phenomena and of their interrelationships. A continuation of Polybius’...
4. Ashlynn This beautiful Irish name means “dream.” 5. Aspen This name can be used for a girl or boy and means “quaking tree.” 6. Astrid Hailing from Scandinavia, this name means “divinely beautiful.” 7. Azure Meaning “sky blue,” this pretty name is pronounced AH-zhure and...
The name Castor comes from the Greek Καστωρ (Kastor) and means “to excel, to shine.” The name Pollux comes from the Roman form of the Greek Πολυδευκης (Polydeukes) meaning “very sweet.” The circumstances of their birth were unusual to say the least. Queen Leda...
Thrice I sprang towards her, and my heart bade me clasp her, and thrice she flitted from my arms like a shadow or a dream, and pain grew ever sharper at my heart. And I spoke and addressed her with winged words : ‘My mother, why dost thou not stay for me, who am eager to ...