Perhaps you already know a dog who is also very capable of exploiting their cuteness in a similar way in your own home? Zeus and Poseidon in keeping with storms and sea were unpredictable while Aphrodite, with her son Eros, used the power of love to get whatever she wanted. They suggested both physical qualities and also temperament.
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These names were powerful and full of important meanings.
If Shakespeare asked ‘What’s in a name”, for the Greeks and their mythology, the answer was a lot.
Poignantly after seeing Odysseus safe return he wags his tail in greeting and dies. Argos is the only one to recognize his master who is disguised as a beggar. It also includes Argos, Odysseus dog, who waited for his return for 20 years. This being because Sirius appears at the hottest times of the year. This includes Sirius, the beloved hound of the famous hunter Orion, who now has his own star in the constellation of Orion, from where we get the phrase ‘the dog days of summer’. There are also some famous dogs in Greek mythology that might be a good source for names.
Cerberus, the three-headed dog who guards at the gates of the kingdom of the dead (in effect, Hades’ pet dog), springs immediately to mind. There are also some very exciting monsters and fabulous beasts (although this is not to suggest that your beloved dog could ever be a ‘little monster’). But that is not to say there were not some feisty women such as Penthesilia, the Amazon queen, was a strong warrior who would not back down from facing any man. Similarly with Greek Goddesses such as Aphrodite (goddess of love), Eos (goddess of the Dawn, Nyx (goddess of night) and Artemis (goddess of the hunt) all represented complicated areas of human existence or the natural world around them.Īdd to this the exciting gallery of heroes, such as Achilles representing the ultimate warrior, unbeaten and unbeatable in his strength and speed, the wily Odysseus full of clever strategies and deceptions (such as the Trojan Horse) and noble female characters such as Penelope his wife, symbolizing faithfulness as she waited for her husband for 20 years and Helen who represented the ultimate in human beauty. The names given to Greek Gods such as Zeus, Hades, Poseidon became synonymous with power and ideas that controlled the lives of humans such as storms and lightning, death and the tempestuous power of the sea to take or spare life. In these legends of heroes, gods and mortals they attempted to understand human life, our place in the cosmos and also the natural world around them. The Ancient Greeks over a couple of millennia wove a fascinating tapestry of story, myths and legends. Of course we are often using them without even realizing, such as Flora or Daphne. You only have to read or watch ‘Harry Potter’ or ‘Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief’ to see that the power of these mythical names means that they are still circulating today. These names from mythology have never gone away.
Hera was almost ready to trick Zeus, but she needed the help of Hypnos, who had tricked Zeus once before.Do you think your dog is going to grow up swift and strong (like the great heroes Achilles or Hector)? Or maybe your dog can be a little tempestuous as he runs around the house (like the king of all gods, Zeus)? Or perhaps she comes into your lives every day like a sun rising at dawn (like Eos, goddess of the Dawn)? If so you could look to Greek Mythology Dog Names for a name that might reflect either their appearance, temperament or even both. She told Aphrodite that she wanted the charm to help herself and Zeus stop fighting. In order to procure the charm, however, she lied to Aphrodite because they sided on opposites sides of the war. She then called for Aphrodite, the goddess of love, and asked her for a charm that would ensure that her trick would not fail. She wove flowers through her hair, put on three brilliant pendants for earrings, and donned a wondrous robe. So she washed herself with ambrosia and anointed herself with oil, made especially for her to make herself impossible to resist for Zeus. She decided that in order to trick him she needed to make him so enamoured with her that he would fall for the trick. During the war, Hera loathed her brother and husband, Zeus, so she devised a plot to trick him. Hypnos was able to trick him and help the Danaans win the Trojan war.
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