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Explore the names of women from ancient and modern Greece, their meanings and origins, and their cultural and historical significance.
The name may be converted into a Latinised form first, giving -ii and -iae instead. Words that are very similar to their English forms have been omitted. Some of the Greek transliterations given are Ancient Greek, and others are Modern Greek. In the tables, L = Latin, G = Greek, and LG = similar in both languages.
The study of ancient Greek personal names is a branch of onomastics, the study of names, and more specifically of anthroponomastics, the study of names of persons.There are hundreds of thousands and even millions of individuals whose Greek name are on record; they are thus an important resource for any general study of naming, as well as for the study of ancient Greece itself.
Within Greek names, mythological names are particularly popular, and old-fashioned Greek names are back in style. “Isadora, Linus, George and Cynthia getting more attention,” Redmond says. Top ...
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This is a list of Greek place names as they exist in the Greek language . Places involved in the history of Greek culture, including: Historic Greek regions, including: Ancient Greece, including colonies and contacted peoples. Hellenistic world, including successor states and contacted peoples. Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire, including ...
Name Name meaning Referred to as a valkyrie in Brynhildr "Armor battle" or "bright battle" Skáldskaparmál: Eir "Peace, clemency" or "help, mercy" Nafnaþulur: Geirahöð Connected to the Old Norse words geirr ("spear") and höð ("battle"). Appears in some manuscripts of Grímnismál in place of the valkyrie name Geirölul: Geiravör
Bikili (s) Decebal's friend (Dio Cassius) [18] Blegissa. Ostracon of Dacian cavalry recruited after the Roman conquest and stationed in East Egypt [12] Blaesus. Child of a soldier of cohors I Aelia Dacorum [19] Blaikisa. Ostracon of Dacian cavalry recruited after the Roman conquest and stationed in East Egypt [12] Brasus.