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Pages in category "Greek feminine given names" The following 124 pages are in this category, out of 124 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Aella;
The study of ancient Greek personal names is a branch of onomastics, the study of names, [1] 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.
Slavery was a widely accepted practice in ancient Greece, as it was in contemporaneous societies. [2] The principal use of slaves was in agriculture, but they were also used in stone quarries or mines, as domestic servants, or even as a public utility, as with the demosioi of Athens.
55 Greek Baby Names. Whether a Greek name honors family heritage or you're seeking something fresh and new, here are 55 Greek baby names to consider: Nikolai. Ares. Adonis. Rhea. Callie. Ophelia ...
The man to the right is a household slave, Sosias. Pallakae or pallakai (Ancient Greek: παλλακαί; singular pallake (παλλακή)) was the general name given to a concubine in ancient Greece. [1] [2]
The name Marianthi comes from the names Maria which is the name of the Virgin Mary and means Strong, Fertile and from the name Anthi which comes from the Ancient Greek word Anthos which means Flower. In the Church it is heard as two separate names but also as a whole between them.
In Rome, slaves were given a single name by their owner. A slave who was freed might keep his or her slave name and adopt the former owner's name as a praenomen and nomen. As an example, one historian says that "a man named Publius Larcius freed a male slave named Nicia, who was then called Publius Larcius Nicia." [1]
The name came into popular use in the Anglosphere in the late 1800s along with other flower, tree, and plant names that were in vogue at the time. [1] In the United States, the name was in use for enslaved African-born women named by enslavers who used names from the Ancient Greek and Roman classics for the enslaved population in order to ...