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Help[Facts] Dog names from Hellenic history and mythology
Aion (m) - Aeon, perpetual, eternal. One of Actaeon's 50 dogs.
Aithon (m) - fiery, burning. One of Actaeon's 50 dogs.
Alke (f) - elk. One of Actaeon's 50 dogs.
Argo (f) - swift. One of Actaeon's 50 dogs.
Argos (m) - shining, bright, glistening. " of hounds, swift-footed, because all swift motion causes a kind of glancing or flickering light" (Liddell - Scott). Odusseus' dog.
Arkas (m) - from Arcadia. One of Actaeon's 50 dogs.
Arkena (f) - to help, aid. From "arkesis".One of Actaeon's 50 dogs.
Balios (m) - spotted, dappled (The original "Spot". One of Actaeon's 50 dogs.
Bares (m) - Heavy, providing pressure.One of Actaeon's 50 dogs.
Kerberos (m) - fifty-headed dog of Hades. Uncertain etymology, possibly from "Keras", horn.
Dorkeus (m) - deer hunter. One of Actaeon's 50 dogs.
Laelaps (f) - hurricane. The fastest dog of Greek mythology, had the spunk to bite Zeus himself.
Lakaina (f) - From Laconia (Sparta). Referred to by Sophokles.
Lampon (m) shining, beaming. Medas' dog.
Lygeus (m) - an eye-salve. One of Actaeon's 50 dogs.
Maira (f) - dog-star, the Sparkler. King Icarius' dog.
Melampous (m) - blackfooted. One of Actaeon's 50 dogs.+
Nape (f) - woodland vale, dell, glen. One of Actaeon's 50 dogs.
Orthros (m) - dawn. Dog of King Geryones of the Hesperide islands.
Pamphagos (m) - omnivore. One of Actaeon's 50 dogs.
Spartos (m) - "Spanish broom", plant whose twigs are used to weave baskets and rope. One of Actaeon's 50 dogs.
Theron (m) - hunter. One of Actaeon's 50 dogs.
Tigris (f) - Tiger. One of Actaeon's 50 dogs.
Tragically Actaeon was devoured by his own dogs after Artemis transformed Acteon to a stag to punish him for being a voyeur
(http://www.bulfinch.org/fables/bull4.html)
The above names were mostly culled from *Thesaurus of Greek Names* by Ares Diamantes (Athens, 2001) and Bullfinch's *Mythology*. Etymologies were drawn from Liddell-Scott and common sense.
Aithon (m) - fiery, burning. One of Actaeon's 50 dogs.
Alke (f) - elk. One of Actaeon's 50 dogs.
Argo (f) - swift. One of Actaeon's 50 dogs.
Argos (m) - shining, bright, glistening. " of hounds, swift-footed, because all swift motion causes a kind of glancing or flickering light" (Liddell - Scott). Odusseus' dog.
Arkas (m) - from Arcadia. One of Actaeon's 50 dogs.
Arkena (f) - to help, aid. From "arkesis".One of Actaeon's 50 dogs.
Balios (m) - spotted, dappled (The original "Spot". One of Actaeon's 50 dogs.
Bares (m) - Heavy, providing pressure.One of Actaeon's 50 dogs.
Kerberos (m) - fifty-headed dog of Hades. Uncertain etymology, possibly from "Keras", horn.
Dorkeus (m) - deer hunter. One of Actaeon's 50 dogs.
Laelaps (f) - hurricane. The fastest dog of Greek mythology, had the spunk to bite Zeus himself.
Lakaina (f) - From Laconia (Sparta). Referred to by Sophokles.
Lampon (m) shining, beaming. Medas' dog.
Lygeus (m) - an eye-salve. One of Actaeon's 50 dogs.
Maira (f) - dog-star, the Sparkler. King Icarius' dog.
Melampous (m) - blackfooted. One of Actaeon's 50 dogs.+
Nape (f) - woodland vale, dell, glen. One of Actaeon's 50 dogs.
Orthros (m) - dawn. Dog of King Geryones of the Hesperide islands.
Pamphagos (m) - omnivore. One of Actaeon's 50 dogs.
Spartos (m) - "Spanish broom", plant whose twigs are used to weave baskets and rope. One of Actaeon's 50 dogs.
Theron (m) - hunter. One of Actaeon's 50 dogs.
Tigris (f) - Tiger. One of Actaeon's 50 dogs.
Tragically Actaeon was devoured by his own dogs after Artemis transformed Acteon to a stag to punish him for being a voyeur
(http://www.bulfinch.org/fables/bull4.html)
The above names were mostly culled from *Thesaurus of Greek Names* by Ares Diamantes (Athens, 2001) and Bullfinch's *Mythology*. Etymologies were drawn from Liddell-Scott and common sense.
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