EPONYMOUS  , that which gives a name to anything (Gr. irmvvuos, from ovo sa, a name), a See also:

• TERM

term especially applied to the mythical or semi-mythical personages, heroes, deities, &c. from whom a See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country or See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city took its name . Thus See also:

• PELOPS

Pelops is the giver of the name to the Peloponnese . At See also:

• ATHENS
• ATHENS ['AN vat, Athenae, modem colloquial Greek `Ath va]

Athens the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• ARCHON (apywv, ruler)

archon of the See also:

• YEAR

year was known as the apXwv eirwvvyos, as the year was known by his name . There was a similar See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official in See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• ASSYRIA

Assyria . In ancient times, as in See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical and See also:

• MODERN

modern cases, a country or a city has been named after a real personage, but in many cases the See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person has been invented to See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account for the name .