http://loveofhistory.com/ancient-history-competition-21/ A historical perspective of current events Sun, 04 Feb 2018 14:54:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 http://loveofhistory.com/ancient-history-competition-21/#comment-295 Sat, 15 May 2010 00:41:02 +0000 http://constantinakatsari.wordpress.com/?p=437#comment-295 That’s true enough, and it’s actors and performers generally, rather than just Hollywood ones: the children of several British popular music stars of the last forty years also have, or have had until they changed them, some very unusual, if not (necessarily) unflattering names.

]]> http://loveofhistory.com/ancient-history-competition-21/#comment-294 Fri, 07 May 2010 15:13:45 +0000 http://constantinakatsari.wordpress.com/?p=437#comment-294 But this is not specific to ancient Sparta: a Hollywood actress recently named her son “Audio Science”!!!

]]> http://loveofhistory.com/ancient-history-competition-21/#comment-293 Thu, 06 May 2010 18:11:53 +0000 http://constantinakatsari.wordpress.com/?p=437#comment-293 I was trying for irony: neither Gorgo nor Kyniska seems to me the kind of name one would really like to have.

]]> http://loveofhistory.com/ancient-history-competition-21/#comment-292 Thu, 06 May 2010 12:45:11 +0000 http://constantinakatsari.wordpress.com/?p=437#comment-292 Correct! But why is “female puppy” flattering?

]]> http://loveofhistory.com/ancient-history-competition-21/#comment-291 Wed, 05 May 2010 17:03:50 +0000 http://constantinakatsari.wordpress.com/?p=437#comment-291 Kyniska, daughter of Arkhidamos II, perhaps, who became the first woman to win an Olympic wreath (and did so twice with her four-horse chariots). Why is it that Spartan princesses seem to attract such flattering names as this, or Gorgo?

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