Good, good! I’m forwarding this on to my daughter!
Thanks!
Mariana. That name works perfectly well for my friend, who is Greek.
I’m surprised no one has suggested “Cavafy,” as in Constantine Cavafy, author of the extraordinary poem “Ithaca,” among others. Okay, so Cavafy lived in Alexandria – but he was Greek in heritage, outlook, and choice of language for his poems.
Arete (Goddess of Virtue, or Excellence)
Harmonia
Sapientia (Or Sophia)
Cybele
Rhea
Iris
Echo
Narcissus
Corona
Aria
Helen
Euphrosyne (One of the Three Graces)
Aglaea (A Grace)
Thalia (A Grace)
Daphne
Alexander
Ajax
Hector
Odysseus
Orpheus
Linus
Orion
Evander
Pallus
Pythagoras
Right now she’s leaning towards Bellerophon.
Er, Sapientia and Sophia to mean Wisdom, of course.
I can’t believe nobody else has referred to the definitive source on the subject:
And Tuckerfan, forget about Athena and Hermes… You don’t want to know how Bast would react to a lack of pictures.
My mother’s cat (named by my sister and me) is Thrasymachus.
Cassandra.
Parkyakarkus.
Keftede (=meatball).
Bellerophon? The other Toms are going to make fun of him!
Call him Babaganoush!
One of our cats is named Polyphony. My other suggestion, which is a little schmaltzy, is “Kallisti”, with its double meaning of “to the most beautiful one” and “that which brings chaos and discord to a harmonious household.”
Daniel
Now she says she’ll name him Apollo.
Stay tuned.
…after the Master of Disaster?
That only works for a Rex cat.
?? what is “Rex cat” ??
An alien being that’s managed to insert itself into our homes by posing as a housepet…
Apollo is really very apt. One of his epithets is Smintheus, one interpretation being “mouse-killer”.
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3D%2395523
She really needs to get another fluffy friend and name him/her Starbuck, you know.
She says the 2nd one would be Artemis.
I’m holding out for Lorne Greene.
Look upon my works, and DESPAIR!