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Alethea is an English-language female first name derived from the Ancient Greek feminine noun ἀλήθεια, alḗtheia, 'truth'. Aletheia was the personification of truth in Greek philosophy . Alethea was not in use as a name prior to the 1500s, and likely originated when English Puritans started using it as a virtue name .
The literal meaning of the word ἀλήθεια is "the state of not being hidden; the state of being evident." [citation needed] It also means "reality". [3] It is the antonym of lethe, [citation needed] which literally means "forgetting", "forgetfulness". [4] In Greek mythology, aletheia was personified as a Greek goddess, Aletheia, the ...
Alèthe is a variant of the Greek name "Alethea," meaning "truth" or "reality". Alèthe was the daughter of the first Count Bernard I de Montbard (1040–1103) in Burgundy. [ 1 ] She spent her childhood at the Château de Montbard and was the sister of André de Montbard , one of the nine founders of the Order of the Knights Templar and fifth ...
Althaea was the daughter of King Thestius [3] and Eurythemis, and was sister to Leda, Hypermnestra, Iphiclus, Euippus. [4] She was also the wife of Oeneus, king of Calydon, and mother of sons, Meleager, Toxeus, Thyreus (Pheres or Phereus), Clymenus, Agelaus (), Periphas and daughters, Deianeira, Gorge, Melanippe and Eurymede (the latter two were included in the Meleagrids). [5]
Title IX—the landmark legislation that helped ensure women are afforded equal opportunity in high school and beyond—didn't pass until the 1970s, but that didn't mean women didn't get to ...
In Roman mythology, Veritas (Classical Latin: [ˈweː.rɪ.t̪aːs]), meaning Truth, is the Goddess of Truth, a daughter of Saturn (called Cronus by the Greeks, the Titan of Time, perhaps first by Plutarch) and the mother of Virtus. She is also sometimes considered the daughter of Jupiter (called Zeus by the Greeks), [1] or a creation of Prometheus.
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Alethaire or Allethaire is a feminine given name of uncertain meaning that has been in use in the American South since the 1700s. It might have evolved from the name Alethea or be related to the name Alafair. [1] [2] [3]