classical Greek names

[ursula]

This weekend I expanded some old class notes into a draft Simple guide to classical Greek names. Comments are welcome! I also recommend browsing the list of sample occupational names, which is lots of fun.

Comments

[watersword]

This is EXTREMELY relevant to my interests. ἁλοπῶλις is a DELIGHTFUL name.

[ursula]

Hurray! The dissertation where I found that data also has a whole table of occupations that appear in curses.

[watersword]

This is extremely dangerous knowledge for me to have.

[anna_wing]

How very interesting! This is the sort of thing that I bother with the internet for. Thank you for posting it!

[duskpeterson]

I am so very frustrated I didn't keep up my Greek. In my naive twenties, it didn't occur to me that I'd ever forget any of the language. But at least I always have William Smith's Smaller Classical Dictionary at my side, in case I ever need a classical name (usually Latin, these days).