Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Hymen" | Greek | The god of marriage, was conceived as a handsome youth, and invoked in the hymeneal or bridal song. The names originally designated the bridal song itself, which was subsequently personified. The first trace of this personification occurs in Euripides or perhaps in Sappho. Greek |
"Lover's Leap" | Greece | The promontory from which Sappho threw herself into the sea; now called Santa Maura. Greece |