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I was glancing through a magazine article about the potter Seth Cardew today, and it mentioned his children: Aeschylus, Ara & Gaea. WDYT?(eta: Ara is male)

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Hi !!!I suppose that Ara isn't Armenian.
It is the Latin for "altar" like the monument "Ara Pacis" in Rome. This person is keen on Ancient Greek & Roman culture...
It is cute!!
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Interesting! That fits much better.
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Interesting, actually. I'm guessing he's into Mythology. I clicked on Ara and discovered it's from Armenian Mythology, therefore bringing doubt to the Greek connection.I love Gaea, although I prefer the spelling of Gaia. I wonder how he is pronouncing it with that spelling - Gia? Aeschylus is a bit much, honestly. And I suspect Ara is tired of thought of being a girl.Overall it comes across as two overly-educated parents wanting to bestow brilliant names on their children, regardless of how the names might affect them. Gaea got off easy.
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Classics geek that I am, I still find Gaea very ugly in sound and Aeschylus entirely over the top. I like Ara though, which I'd never heard before
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it's Greek to meAnd I would never have thought Ara was male.They all suck, actually. Gaea makes me think of something you might say to make a horse go faster, even though I know full well it's a variation of Gaia.
Aeschylus's name comes up often in "unusual ways to die" type of lists, because supposedly an eagle dropped a turtle on his head and killed him.
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ha! Yup, that's definitely an unusual way to die. :)
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