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I sent an e-mail to mike-AT-behindthename.com on June 19, 2001 asking about the meaning of the name Atticus, other than "from Attica", and any info on the name.
I thought there would have been something fom him by now, or at least on the message board. Is there a problem, something I didn't do right???
Thanks,
RHFactor
I thought there would have been something fom him by now, or at least on the message board. Is there a problem, something I didn't do right???
Thanks,
RHFactor
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Not really, except to send the e-mail. Mike is a deistic webmaster, in that he benevolently sets this thing spinning on its axis, observes, and doesn't intervene a lot. Mostly he's busy as hell with real-world stuff, and leaves answering name enquiries to the various miscreants who frequent this board.
So if you want an answer, posting here is the way to do it. If you did and don't feel you got enough, someone may keep digging for it. Or not. The nice part about not doing this for money is we can do what we bloody well please.
But I suspect someone here will try to get you more info...
So if you want an answer, posting here is the way to do it. If you did and don't feel you got enough, someone may keep digging for it. Or not. The nice part about not doing this for money is we can do what we bloody well please.
But I suspect someone here will try to get you more info...
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Daividh pretty much summed up the way things work, in his posting below.
I'm not sure what else you might be looking for regarding the name of "Atticus ". I mean, I presume you already know that this was the name of the lawyer-father in Harper Lee 's classic novel *To Kill a Mockingbird*?
A famous Atticus was a Roman scholar and personal friend of Cicero .
Because Attica is the region surrounding the city of Athens, the name of "Atticus " came to be associated with classical intelligence, simple elegance, and wit. The term "Attic prose" springs from these characteristics associated with the people of ancient Athens.
As for the literal meaning of the name... I did find one website which claims that the region of Attica was named for the dawn goddess "Atthis". Here is the online source: http://www.1freespace.com/women/alexiares/aaa.html#atthis
-- Nanaea
I'm not sure what else you might be looking for regarding the name of "Atticus ". I mean, I presume you already know that this was the name of the lawyer-father in Harper Lee 's classic novel *To Kill a Mockingbird*?
A famous Atticus was a Roman scholar and personal friend of Cicero .
Because Attica is the region surrounding the city of Athens, the name of "Atticus " came to be associated with classical intelligence, simple elegance, and wit. The term "Attic prose" springs from these characteristics associated with the people of ancient Athens.
As for the literal meaning of the name... I did find one website which claims that the region of Attica was named for the dawn goddess "Atthis". Here is the online source: http://www.1freespace.com/women/alexiares/aaa.html#atthis
-- Nanaea
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