Greek Baby Names Describes the Greek Culture

Some people enjoy learning about mythology and mythology is most of the time associated with the Greek mythology. It is even introduced in the animated film Hercules. Greek mythology is also present in the literary work Iliad. Different gods and goddesses from Mt. Olympus together with the other deities make up this Greek myth.

Greece is not only famous for its myth. The Olympics also originated from this country and thanks to the ancient Greeks because at present, nations from every part of the world are building good sporty relationship through the Olympic Games held every four years.

Ancient Greece only looked up to itself as the only civilized country. Its two popular rival city states – Athens and Sparta had distinct qualities although the latter is the one that became well-noted, perhaps because of its courageous military interest. The movie 300 displays how ancient Spartans responded to war and how they built their warriors.

On that movie, we can see how much the Greeks (Spartans) value the military facade. No handicapped babies were allowed to live and boys were led to an arduous military training at the age of seven. Even at that ancient period, education has been highly considered although it was only for boys then.

Due to the fact that Greece had a high regard for militarism, no wonder that some of the Greek baby names have military meanings such as the female name Arete which means war. Enumerated below are some of the names with Greek origin and meaning. Some of the names have the same meaning.