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Help[Opinions] Atlantis and Names
I want to write a book about characters who have lived past lives in Atlantis. I am looking into ancient Roman and Greek names for my characters. However, I don't know much about Greek/Roman names (does anyone have Greek/Roman name book refs?).
Or as the place is mythological, do you think I can take names from anytime period and make it work? (Even if this Atlantis exists around the Ancient Roman and Greek time period.)
If I keep with the Greek/Roman influence, I need two unisex names for my lead characters, so far I have found Alexis (or Alexander), but can't find another.
Thank you for any help!
Or as the place is mythological, do you think I can take names from anytime period and make it work? (Even if this Atlantis exists around the Ancient Roman and Greek time period.)
If I keep with the Greek/Roman influence, I need two unisex names for my lead characters, so far I have found Alexis (or Alexander), but can't find another.
Thank you for any help!
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If your characters are reincarnated, I would use a name from the time and place where they are currently living. If they are currently in the original life in Atlantis, I'd use the earliest forms of Greek and Roman names that I can find. Even if it isn't unisex, it might not be obvious which gender it is.
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Okay, thank you. I will take that under advisement.
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The ancient Romans had much more strict naming conventions than the Greeks did. I'd recommend starting with the Wikipedia article to give you some idea of the structure involved: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_naming_conventions
For Greek ideas, maybe try browsing the encyclopedia of names here: http://www.theoi.com/Encyc_A.html. Aex/Aix and Pallas look like they were unisex.
There are also lots of great names there that while perhaps not traditionally used for both sexes, a modern reader would have little trouble accepting as unisex, like Enyo and Macris.
For Greek ideas, maybe try browsing the encyclopedia of names here: http://www.theoi.com/Encyc_A.html. Aex/Aix and Pallas look like they were unisex.
There are also lots of great names there that while perhaps not traditionally used for both sexes, a modern reader would have little trouble accepting as unisex, like Enyo and Macris.
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Thanks for the links!
I was looking through the Roman name wiki earlier, actually. I get the form of how Roman names are, but haven't found many I like/can be used is past and present time... Which I didn't state. My bad, sorry! (Thankfully, some name can be shortened, like Theodoros.)
Thanks for the unisex name suggestions!
I was looking through the Roman name wiki earlier, actually. I get the form of how Roman names are, but haven't found many I like/can be used is past and present time... Which I didn't state. My bad, sorry! (Thankfully, some name can be shortened, like Theodoros.)
Thanks for the unisex name suggestions!
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