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Room, Adrian
ROOM'S CLASSICAL DICTIONARY
The Origins of the Names of Characters in Classical Mythology, b&w illustrations from Greek pottery, appendices on by-names of gods and the corresponding Greek and Latin names of gods and heroes, bibliography, presentation inscription from author on front endpaper, viii & 343 pp, brown boards in d/w, base of spine a trifle bumped, otherwise very good, Routledge & Kegan Paul 1983
23.3 x 15.1 cm, 790g, ISBN 0 71009 262 8
“Considering carefully the relevance of the name with regard to the life and deeds of its bearer” – Orpheus, for example, is derived from a word meaning “darkness”, so the name commemorates his journey to the underworld to recover his wife. See the description (below) from the dustwrapper flap.
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