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Greek names from "The Oedipus Cycle"

 
 
Reply Thu 14 Aug, 2008 02:09 pm
I just read the book "The Oedipus Cycle" ... and I am wondering,
If the name Oedipus means "wounded foot", who knows what the names Ismene, Iocaste, & Antigone mean?
I thought they were lovely names and would like to know what I might consider naming my future kids. Smile
Haha, no I'm kidding, lol, but Ismene, I wouldn't mind using.. What, it's pretty! And If you change the last E to an A and make it Ismena, the word would mean "Change" in Russian. I think that sounds powerful. I like it. =]

But anyways.. who knows what they mean in Greek?

Thanks!
 
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Reply Thu 14 Aug, 2008 04:13 pm
Ismene: Possibly from Greek ισμη (isme) "knowledge".

I/Jocasta: Latinized form of Greek Ιοκαστη (Iokaste), which is of unknown meaning.


Antigone: Means "against birth" from Greek αντι (anti) "against" and γονη (gone) "birth".


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Reply Mon 18 Aug, 2008 01:41 am
Wow. Thanks! That's strange how there is no known meaning for the name Iocaste! And what kind of name is "against birth?" Hmm. But I definitely love the name Ismene now. Thank you again.
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Reply Mon 18 Aug, 2008 02:02 am
You are very welcome.

(Borat Sister was my name when I couldn't get in here under my normal A2k name.)
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