Ancient Greek Names

A mystical name with a sleek sound, although the pronunciation of the "Oe" beginning may be confusing at first glance. In Greek myth, Oenone was a fountain nymph of Mount Ida, the daughter of the River Cebren, and the beloved of Paris of Troy before he went after Helen. Lord Alfred Tennyson also wrote a poem titled Oenone.

In Greek mythology, Nyctimene was pursued by her own father, and therefore fled to find safety in the shadows of the woods. She was later transformed into an owl by the goddess Athena, out of punishment or pity, depending on which variation of the myth you read.

Derived from the Greek myrtos, Myrto appears a number of times throughout Greek mythology. It is the name of one of the Maenads (followers of Dionysus), the sister of Patroclus, and an Amazon woman.

Theano was a 6th century Greek philosopher, who has been called both the wife and student of Pythagoras, though not enough is known about her life to say which was true. Her surviving writings focus on how to deal with children, physicians, philosophers, servants, and unfaithful husbands.