Cool ancient names

[Antilogic]

Ah... what passed for world history in ye olde days.

If the name Megacles hasn't been posted yet it should have been. Seriously awesome.

 

[Kyriakos]

I can see (i think) how Megacles would sound awesome to someone not speaking Greek or a native speaker of Greek (i guess it sounds like some form of Mega Heracles or something) but in Greek it really sounds quite ugly as a name by now. I read in wiki that it was common in ancient Athens due to a possible archaic ruler of it having that name or the name being a title (as in the case of Minoas), but now it is too close to other terms which do not sound good at all. Sadly it seems pretty peasant-like now :/

 

[asbestos]

I can see (i think) how Megacles would sound awesome to someone not speaking Greek or a native speaker of Greek (i guess it sounds like some form of Mega Heracles or something) but in Greek it really sounds quite ugly as a name by now. I read in wiki that it was common in ancient Athens due to a possible archaic ruler of it having that name or the name being a title (as in the case of Minoas), but now it is too close to other terms which do not sound good at all. Sadly it seems pretty peasant-like now :/

Putting Mega in front of anything sounds good in English.

 

[Graceheart the Leopard]

Lothar and Sigismund sound absolutely badass.

 

[Kyriakos]

Usually the terms used to refer to (afaik only the christian) god are quite cool: Pantepoptes (observer of all), Megalodynamos (highly powerfull), Pantodynamos (having all powers), Pantocrator (ruler of all) etc.

The epithets of the ancient (Greek) gods are a lot more varied though (in fact most of them have tens of different ones).

 

[Antilogic]

I can see (i think) how Megacles would sound awesome to someone not speaking Greek or a native speaker of Greek (i guess it sounds like some form of Mega Heracles or something) but in Greek it really sounds quite ugly as a name by now. I read in wiki that it was common in ancient Athens due to a possible archaic ruler of it having that name or the name being a title (as in the case of Minoas), but now it is too close to other terms which do not sound good at all. Sadly it seems pretty peasant-like now :/

It was in my Greek history class when I first learned of the Megacles name. I think it was the second and third entries on wikipedia. I don't think people consciously divide it up into Mega Heracles or anything like that, but just like the sound of Mega + suffix. The name kind of sounds like a transformer or final boss in a videogame who then has the super-charged second form of Omegacles.

...Pantocrator (ruler of all)

Creator of pants?

 

[Traitorfish]

Bah, must have been an Englishman.

 

[Kyriakos]

(edit: some mention of Aggloi as it sounds in Greek, but i'd rather take that out i guess )

 

[Arakhor]

I always associate Pantocrator with the famous mosaic in the Hagia Sophia that we haven't been able to see for centuries.

 

[Kyriakos]

Poseidon is a cool name. Unfortunately i do not know anything about its etymology. Eidos is a possible root term there i guess (?), as for "Pos", it reminds me of the word "posimon" which means "drinkable" (as in water not having salt, being of the sea). Might very well have nothing to do with either terms though.

 

[Plotinus]

I always associate Pantocrator with the famous mosaic in the Hagia Sophia that we haven't been able to see for centuries.

The term pantocrator does usually refer to (mainly Byzantine) images of that kind, yes. It's not normally used as simply a divine title, but as a way of representing Christ.

 

[PhroX]

Poseidon is a cool name. Unfortunately i do not know anything about its etymology. Eidos is a possible root term there i guess (?), as for "Pos", it reminds me of the word "posimon" which means "drinkable" (as in water not having salt, being of the sea). Might very well have nothing to do with either terms though.

I was under the impression it meant looking at a Tellytubby from the left or right...

(imaginary cookie for anyone who knows where that comes from)

 

[Kyriakos]

^No idea (can only think of "pos" somehow linked to the anti-elitist english jargon "posh" but probably has nothing to do with that either in the context of your allusion )

Αριστοτέλης (Aristoteles, Aristotle in English) is another cool name. Aristos comes from the same word found in Aristocracy, and denotes some kind of superiority or higher quality. Teles seems to be related to the root term of teleology, and refers to an end state, or a specific end (as in an intention).

Btw i checked some Greek etymology sites for Megacles, and it seems to mean "greatly famous" (-kles derived from kleos, meaning fame, and forming one of the epithets of Athens as well).

 

[Plotinus]

"Posh" isn't anti-elitist jargon, it's just a slightly informal term for the upper classes.

The joke, I think, was "Po side-on". Po is the yellow Teletubby.

 

[Kyriakos]

Oh I never knew their names (and it is sad that kids grew up with that show)

 

[TheLastOne36]

Some old slavic names that aren't used anymore are quite pimping.


Like Sobieslav. Who wouldn't want to be Sobieslav?

 

[Traitorfish]

Oh I never knew their names (and it is sad that kids grew up with that show)

It had neon-pink custard and a deranged vacuum cleaner; what's not to like?

 

[Virote_Considon]

also alot of the roman gods are planets now, who wants to name their dog after a planet

Walt Disney.

#ScientistsAreWRONG

 

[Oruc]

Hengist
Magnus
Visimar
I'm unsure if it's Visimar or Wisimar but I personally prefer Visimar.

 

[Kyriakos]

Anything with "medon"* in it is cool in my view:

Andromeda (protector of men)

Medusa (sentinel)

Medeia (i am unsure what it is supposed to mean exactly, maybe the play makes it obvious but sadly i should note i have not yet read it :/ )

*The homeric term means protector, archon, or guardian.