Friday, August 12, 2005

Names

I was trying to hold off naming the pups, afraid it would make it harder to give them up, but it looks like we have names now.

I loved all the suggestions, but since we got them in Cyprus, we're opting for Greek names...

Athena for Her

Athena (Athene) was the Greek goddess of intellect. She was the daughter of Zeus and Metis.

Achilles for the chocolate
In Greek mythology, Achilles was the son of Peleus, king of the Myrmidons in Thessaly, and of the sea nymph, Thetis, who rendered him invulnerable, except for the heel by which she held him, by dipping him in the river Styx. Achilles killed Hector at the climax of the Iliad, and according to subsequent Greek legends was himself killed by Paris, who shot a poisoned arrow into Achilles' heel. I picked this name because of the English use of the word, he's SO cute, he's an achilles for me!

and Ajax for the alpha (I liked Brutus, but that's Latin)
In Greek mythology, Ajax was son of Telamon, king of Salamis (which is located here in Cyprus), he was second only to Achilles among the Greek heroes in the Trojan War. According to subsequent Greek legends, Ajax went mad with jealousy when Agamemonon awarded the armor of the dead Achilles to Odysseus.

By the way, Ajax is now 7.5 pounds and the others are both 5 pounds!

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