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
vulcanized
Add others to this thread.
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.
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on October 16, 2010, 01:14:09 PM
Why?
Because you might have a shred of intellectual curiosity?
Narcissistic seems particularly apt
Quote from: Schlomo on October 16, 2010, 02:22:28 PM
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
Quote from: erato on October 16, 2010, 02:55:16 PM
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.
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on October 16, 2010, 02:58:06 PM
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.
Quote from: Schlomo on October 16, 2010, 05:03:52 PM
Talk about name dropping: Your avatar is the Greek muse of love poetry, a very inapt reference because you are so hateful.
lol
Quote from: Schlomo on October 16, 2010, 05:05:11 PM
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. 8)
Quote from: Scarpia on October 16, 2010, 08:25:11 PM
I didn't know that Yahoo derived from the name of a Greek god. 8)
Of course it doesn't. Just a preview for my next installment. It will be swift.
Quote from: Schlomo on October 16, 2010, 05:03:52 PM
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.
Quote from: erato on October 16, 2010, 11:29:17 PM
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.
Quote from: Schlomo on October 17, 2010, 06:28:33 AM
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!
Quote from: erato on October 17, 2010, 10:40:09 AM
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.
Quote from: Schlomo on October 17, 2010, 07:04:19 PM
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.
Quote from: Schlomo on October 16, 2010, 12:55:02 PM
lesbian
Nope. Lesbian derives from Lesbos, which was neither goddess nor nymph, but a much more prosaic island.
thespian OTOH
Quote from: Florestan on October 18, 2010, 12:32:40 AM
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.
Quote from: erato on October 17, 2010, 10:07:22 PM
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.
Quote from: Schlomo on October 18, 2010, 04:58:00 AM
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.
Quote from: Schlomo on October 18, 2010, 05:08:42 AM
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.
Yes it does. And yes, we (I) would have.
Within the bounds of taste, you can post on a huge variety of subjects, religion excluded. Which is to say that religion threads are intensively moderated and subject to sudden disappearance.
So if you want to talk about yourself, feel free. Everyone here is very well aware of the essential freedom to read or not read a thread, post or the entire output of a poster.
Ideally you will post something that is of interest to me. Lacking that modicum of good manners and taste, you can move on to other areas that I don't give a damn about. :D
8)
Quote from: Florestan on October 18, 2010, 05:26:41 AM
You would have still been wrong, as Sappho was neither goddess nor nymph, but a mere mortal poet. :)
Edit: grammatical error corrected.
Touche.
Quote from: Gurn Blanston on October 18, 2010, 05:50:40 AM
Yes it does. And yes, we (I) would have.
Within the bounds of taste, you can post on a huge variety of subjects, religion excluded. Which is to say that religion threads are intensively moderated and subject to sudden disappearance.
So if you want to talk about yourself, feel free. Everyone here is very well aware of the essential freedom to read or not read a thread, post or the entire output of a poster.
Ideally you will post something that is of interest to me. Lacking that modicum of good manners and taste, you can move on to other areas that I don't give a damn about. :D
8)
Fair enough.