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The character became known nationally from regular appearances in The Comedy Company, for which he also created the character of Con's wife, Marika. According to Comedy Company writer Ian McFadyen , "Con the Fruiterer was an attempt to represent that whole immigrant subculture which until recently has been totally ignored except as a stereotype ...
Oldest member of the entire Greek army at Troy. Odysseus (Ὀδυσσεύς), another warrior-king, famed for his cunning, who is the main character of another (roughly equally ancient) epic, the Odyssey. Patroclus (Πάτροκλος), beloved companion of Achilles.
Pollyannish – Pollyanna, fictional character; Pombaline – Marquis of Pombal (as in Pombaline Downtown) Popperian – Karl Popper (as in Popperian falsification) Procrustean – Procrustes, of Greek mythology (as in Pombaline Downtown) Promethean – Prometheus, of Greek mythology; protean – Proteus, of Greek mythology
A coin featuring the profile of Hera on one face and Zeus on the other, c. 210 AC. Roman conquerors of the Hellenic East allowed the incorporation of existing Greek mythological figures such as Zeus into their coinage in places like Phrygia, in order to "augment the fame" of the locality, while "creating a stronger civil identity" without "advertising" the imposition of Roman culture.
Fictional characters from Athens (3 P) C. ... Pages in category "Fictional Greek people" The following 43 pages are in this category, out of 43 total.
The Greek Generals Talk (1986) The Trojan Generals Talk (1988) Richard Powell, Whom the Gods Would Destroy (1970) Laura Riding, A Trojan Ending (1937) S.P. Somtow, The Shattered Horse (1986) S. M. Stirling. Against the Tide of Years (1999) On the Oceans of Eternity (2000) Rex Stout, The Great Legend (1916) Henry Treece, The Windswept City (1967)
Homer's Odyssey, calling her "Mycene of the fair crown" mentions her in passing, along with Tyro and Alcmene, as "women of old ... fair-tressed Achaean women". [3] Pausanias, citing the Megalai Ehoiai, says that Mycene was the daughter of Inachus and the wife of Arestor, without naming the mother. [4]
The Greek word for liver, hēpar, hepat-(ἧπαρ, cf. English "hepatitis", "hepatology", etc.) is derived from the verb hēpaomai (ἠπάομαι), meaning "mend, repair". [11] While others doubt the significance to Greek medical knowledge, [12] Prometheus's name is associated with biomedical companies involved in regenerative medicine.