Meaning: Little bear Variations/Synonyms: Ursulla, Ursela, Ursella, Ursa, Urzula, Ursi, or Ursilla Xenia Origin: Greek Meaning: Welcoming and hospitable Variations/Synonyms: Xena, Xeniah, Xenya, Zenia, Zenya, Zena, or Zenaida Xenia is an ancient Greek word and belief that a person should ...
Anthanasios is a Greek variation of Arthur which means “bear”. Pronounced asaa-thah-nas-yows. Antigonos Antigonos is a spelling variation of Antigonus which means “opposite of his forbears”. Pronounced asan-TIG-ah-nahsoraa-dEE-gaw-naws. Antigonus Antigonus means “opposite of his forbea...
Furious, Artemis turned her into a bear, and hunters pursued her. Zeus intervened and sent her to the stars to become Ursa Major (Great Bear Constellation). Cassandra Origin: Greek Meaning: One who shines among mankind Variations/Synonyms: Cassie, Cassey, Sandra, or Kassandra Description: She...
But Niobe paid for it by passing into a changeling form, that daughter of Tantalos (Tantalus) whose children were her sorrow, and she still weeps with stony eyes; I alone am insulted and bear my disgrace without vengeance, but Aura the champion of chastity has washed no stone with tears,...
To conceal their affair, Zeus turned her into a bear. Calypso In Greek mythology, Calypso was a sea nymph who inhabited the island of Ogygia. She waylaid the homeward-bound Odysseus and promissed him immortality if he would marry her. After seven years she was ordered by the gods to ...
No, there is no meaning in Greek letters. You are probably thinking of Chinese ideograms, or ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, which were symbols with some associated meaning. Alpha, beta, gamma, delta, etc., bear no more meaning in Greek than a, bee, cee, dee, etc., bear in English. The...
Then she came unto primeval Kos (Cos), the isle of Merops, the holy retreat of the heroine Khalkiope (Chalciope), but the word of her son [i.e. Apollon in the womb] restrained her : ‘Bear me not, mother, here. I blame not the island nor have any grudge, since a bright isle...
Astarte was the Fertility Goddess, she was helpful whether one wanted to bear a child or plant a garden. Asteria Asteria was a daughter of Phoebe, a sister of Leto. She hurled herself into the Sea after being abducted by Zeus. She became the island of the same name. Astraea Astraea was...
The works of Leochares, who strove to imitate the lofty figures of fifth-century classicism, bear the imprint of academic coldness. The Hellenistic period (end of the fourth to the first century B.C.) is characterized by a major extension of the area encompassed by Greek culture and by ...
a mother might call her son with his official name or with a pet name like "Big Eagle". Such names like Black Bear and Winged Horse etc. are very common among Native Americans whose country of origin is undoubtedly China. Similar names were used in the primitive society of Zulu--Shaka ...