Names Categorized "mythographers"
4 Names found
Apollonius is a Latinized form of the Ancient Greek name Apollonios. The name itself derives from Apollo, the Greek god of prophecy, medicine, music, art, law, beauty, and wisdom. The meaning of Apollo's name is uncertai...
EtymologyAsclepiades is the Latinized form of the Ancient Greek personal name Asklepiades. This name is derived from the name of the Greek god Asklepios (the god of healing and medicine), combined with the patronymic suf...
Fabius is a Roman family name that was derived from Latin faba, meaning “bean.” According to Roman mythology, the first Fabius was the son of Hercules and a nymph or native woman, as recorded in Plutarch’s Life of Fabius...
Ovid is the English form of the Roman family name Ovidius, most famously borne by the Roman poet Publius Ovidius Naso (43 BC – AD 17/18). The name's etymology is uncertain: it may derive from Latin ovis "a sheep", an unl...