Date
Name Anaxarete
Gender Feminine
Usage Greek Mythology
Scripts Ἀναξαρέτη(Ancient Greek)
Theme divine
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Meaning & History
Means "master of virtue", derived from Greek ἄναξ (anax) meaning "lord, master" and ἀρετή (arete) meaning "virtue". In Greek myth this name belonged to a Cypriot maiden whose rejection of Iphis incurred the wrath of Aphrodite. Anaxarete reacted so coolly to the shepherd's passionate love for her that he killed himself; when even the sight of Iphis' dead body did not move her, the goddess of love turned her into stone.