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  2. Category:Greek masculine given names - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Greek masculine given names" The following 139 pages are in this category, out of 139 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Acamas;

  3. Ancient Greek personal names - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. List of Greek mythological figures - Wikipedia

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    Pandion I, a king of Athens. Pandion II, a king of Athens. Peleus, king of the Myrmidons and father of Achilles; he sailed with the Argonauts and participated in the Calydonian boar hunt. Pelias, a king of Iolcus and usurper of Aeson's rightful throne. Pelops, a king of Pisa and founder of the House of Atreus.

  5. 55 Greek baby names for boys and girls - AOL

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    A list of 55 of the most popular Greek baby names for boys and girls with meanings from a baby naming consultant.

  6. Pederasty in ancient Greece - Wikipedia

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    A wall painting from the Tomb of the Diver from the Greek town of Paestum in Italy. 470 BCE. Pederasty in ancient Greece was a socially acknowledged romantic relationship between an older male (the erastes) and a younger male (the eromenos) usually in his teens. [ 2] It was characteristic of the Archaic and Classical periods. [ 3]

  7. Greek name - Wikipedia

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    History. Ancient Greeks generally had a single name, often qualified with a patronymic, a clan or tribe, or a place of origin. Married women were identified by the name of their husbands, not their fathers. Hereditary family names or surnames began to be used by elites in the Byzantine period. Well into the 9th century, they were rare.

  8. Thaddeus - Wikipedia

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    Thaddeus (Latin: Thaddaeus, Ancient Greek: Θαδδαῖος, romanized: Thaddaĩos, from Imperial Aramaic: תדי, romanized: Ṯaday) is a masculine given name.. As of the 1990 Census, Thaddeus was the 611th most popular male name in the United States, while Thad, its diminutive version, was the 846th most popular.

  9. Ganymede (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    In Greek mythology, Ganymede is the son of Tros of Dardania, [ 7 ][ 8 ][ 9 ] from whose name "Troy" is supposedly derived, either by his wife Callirrhoe, daughter of the river god Scamander, [ 10 ][ 11 ][ 12 ] or Acallaris, daughter of Eumedes. [ 13 ] Depending on the author, he is the brother of either Ilus, Assaracus, Cleopatra, or Cleomestra.