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Re: Athinais
by EsmeLily
4/30/2024, 5:58 AM
in reply to a message by Canielle
It's usually spelled Athénaïs with two accents. It's the French version of Athena. A mistress of King Louis XIV had this name. I think it's hauntingly beautiful.

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- Fiammetta (lady murasaki)
4/30/2024, 1:09 PM
I had a student by this name, it’s very charming.
- Kirke
4/30/2024, 11:17 AM
Athénaïs is not the French version of Athena. The French forms of Athena are Athéna and Athéné. Athinais is a transliteration of the Greek name Αθηναΐς. The name is derived from Athena but is not Athena. Athénaïs is the French form of Αθηναΐς.
- Canielle   +3
4/30/2024, 7:01 AM
The family were Greek so I wonder if that accounts for the difference in spelling.
- guasguendi   +2
4/30/2024, 1:11 PM
Yes, Athinais is the modern Greek form.
- Kirke   +1
4/30/2024, 3:10 PM
Of what? Not of Athena. The modern form of Athena is Αθηνά, often transliterated as Athina.
- guasguendi
4/30/2024, 3:12 PM