Etymological Bits and Pieces

[Satzaroo]

Some Eponyms Derived From Greek and Roman Gods and Goddesses (plus nymphs and monsters)

aeolian  ethereal  apollonian   argus  atlas   aurora   aphrodisiac   boreal   bellicose   belligerent   baccahanal    ante bellum   calliope cupidity   cereal   concord   cloth    chronology   chimerical   dionysian    discordant     delphic   eros   echo   fury   floral    fauna    hypnotic   hymen    harpy  hygiene    hymn  hermaphrodite  hydrant   iris   jovial    lunatic   lesbian   muse  mercurial  martial   Mars    march  mnemonic   morphine  orphic  narcissistic   nemesis   nymphomaniac   priapism   plutocracy   phobia    psyche    panic    protean   procrustean   Promethean   saturnalia   satyriasis   somnolent    saturnine   siren  terpsichorean  euthanasia (from Thanatos)   titanic    venereal     zephyr
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I am amazed that 29 past and present classical music labels derive from ancient Greek and Roman lore:

Artemis, Aeolus, Amphion, Andromeda, Calliope, Centaur, Daphne, Delphian, Erato, Helios, Hyperion, Hermes, Halcyon, Iris, Mercury, Ondine, Orfeo, Orpheus, Odyssey, Orion, Pandora, Pan Classics, Parnassus, Phaedra, Selene, Syrinx, Urania, and Unicorn.

[Sergeant Rock]

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Why?

[Satzaroo]

Why?

Because you might have a shred of intellectual curiosity?

[The new erato]

Narcissistic seems particularly apt

[Sergeant Rock]

Because you might have a shred of intellectual curiosity?

Intellectual curiosity about eponyms based on Greek and Roman mythology? No, not in the least. I was curious, though, if there was some other point to your list making. I guess not.

Sarge

[Satzaroo]

Narcissistic seems particularly apt

Talk about name dropping: Your avatar is the Greek muse of love poetry, a very inapt reference because you are so hateful.

[Satzaroo]

Intellectual curiosity about eponyms based on Greek and Roman mythology? No, not in the least. I was curious, though, if there was some other point to your list making. I guess not.

Sarge

I guess my point was to expose you as a Yahoo, an apt eponymn for you today.

[Saul]

Talk about name dropping: Your avatar is the Greek muse of love poetry, a very inapt reference because you are so hateful.

lol

[Scarpia]

I guess my point was to expose you as a Yahoo, an apt eponymn for you today.

I didn't know that Yahoo derived from the name of a Greek god.   

[Satzaroo]

I didn't know that Yahoo derived from the name of a Greek god.   

Of course it doesn't.  Just a preview for my next installment. It will be swift.

[The new erato]

Talk about name dropping: Your avatar is the Greek muse of love poetry, a very inapt reference because you are so hateful.

Being a greek muse, I'm in a particularly good position to recognize Narcissus everytime I meet him.

[Satzaroo]

Being a greek muse, I'm in a particularly good position to recognize Narcissus everytime I meet him.

A lame response.  Your fixation on Narcissus may be a reflection of your own ego issues.

[The new erato]

A lame response.  Your fixation on Narcissus may be a reflection of your own ego issues.

Yes. Just check every selfcentered thread I have started; click on the members list and feel free to document them here!

[Satzaroo]

Yes. Just check every selfcentered thread I have started; click on the members list and feel free to document them here!

It would be nice if we could be gracious to one another.  The sniping between us is juvenile one-upmanship.

[The new erato]

It would be nice if we could be gracious to one another.  The sniping between us is juvenile one-upmanship.

Yes; but please accept that I find you posting too much trivia about yourself (not in this thread though) and too little about music and I won't mention it again.

[Florestan]

lesbian   

Nope. Lesbian derives from Lesbos, which was neither goddess nor nymph, but a much more prosaic island.

[The new erato]

thespian OTOH

[Satzaroo]

Nope. Lesbian derives from Lesbos, which was neither goddess nor nymph, but a much more prosaic island.

You're right. I should have included sapphic instead, although most of the time it is capitalized.

[Satzaroo]

Yes; but please accept that I find you posting too much trivia about yourself (not in this thread though) and too little about music and I won't mention it again.

I thought that this forum dealt with non-classical music odds and ends. If my autobiograhical "trivia" is inappropriate, shouldn't the moderator have pointed that out to me? In any case, I have added some record label data to this thread.

[Florestan]

You're right. I should have included sapphic instead, although most of the time it is capitalized.

You would have still been wrong, as Sappho was neither goddess nor nymph, but a mere mortal poet. 

Edit: grammatical error corrected.