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Greek name Etruscan name Notes Achilles: Achle, Achile [1] Legendary hero of the Trojan War: Actaeon: Ataiun [2] Admetus: Atmite [3] Adonis: Atunis [3] Agamemnon: Achmemrun [1] Legendary king of Mycenaean Greece: Aitolos: Etule: Confused with his brother, Epeios, who built the Trojan horse [4] Ajax, son of Telamon Ajax, son of Oileus: Aivas ...
Ancient Greek mercenaries in Achaemenid service (1 C, 9 P) C. Ancient Cretan generals (6 P) H. Hellenistic generals (4 C, 21 P) M. Ancient Macedonian generals (4 C ...
Name Born Died Notes Lieutenant General: Nikolaos Zafeiriou: 1871 1947 Commander of 1st Division (1919–20), 3rd Division, II, III and V Corps (1923–1926) General: Dimitrios Zagorianakos: 1918 1977 Chief of the Army Command (1972–73) and the Armed Forces Command (1973) Major General: Nikolaos Zervas: 1800 1869 Fighter in the Greek War of ...
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.
Bostar (Punic: 𐤁𐤃𐤏𐤔𐤕𐤓𐤕, BDʿŠTRT, "Servant of Ashtart"; Ancient Greek: Βώσταρ, Bṓstar) — commander who foolishly gave away the hostages held at Saguntum; Bostar — ambassador sent by Hannibal to Philip V of Macedon in 215 BCE; Bostar — governor of Capua with Hanno in 211 BCE
A polemarch (/ ˈ p ɒ l ə ˌ m ɑːr k /, from Ancient Greek: πολέμαρχος, polemarchos) was a senior military title in various ancient Greek city states . The title is derived from the words polemos (war) and archon (ruler, leader) and translates as "warleader" or "warlord". The name indicates that the polemarch's original function ...
Sandraudiga, goddess whose name may mean "she who dyes the sand red", suggesting she is a war deity or at least has a warrior aspect; Týr, god of war, single combat, law, justice, and the thing, who later lost much of his religious importance and mythical role to the god Wōden; Wōden, god associated with wisdom, poetry, war, victory, and death
Archidameia – name of several women; Archidamis (Ἀρχίδαμις) – daughter of the Spartan King Cleadas; Archedemus of Tarsus – Stoic philosopher; Archedicus – New Comedy poet; Archelaus – King of Macedon; Archelaus – five; philosopher, Pontic army officer, phrourarch, son of Androcles, Judaean ruler; Archermus – sculptor