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EPONYMOUS, that which gives a name to anything (Gr. eiruvvnos, from 6vofia, a name) , a term especially applied to the mythical or semi-mythical personages, heroes, deities, &c. from whom a country or city took its name. Thus Pelops is the giver of the name to ...

... he legend, Callisto, an Arcadian nymph, became by Zeus the mother of Areas, the eponymous hero of the Arcadians. Zeus, to conceal the amour, changed Callisto into a she-bear; Hera, however, discovered it, and persuaded Artemis to slay Callisto, who was placed ...

... iption telling where they were gained, and in some cases adding the name of the eponymous magistrate of Athens, from which the exact year can be determined. Amongst the Romans athletic contests had no doubt taken place from the earliest times, but according to ...

... ed descent from one of the legendary kings of his native district, Messapus the eponymous hero of Messapia, and this consciousness of ancient lineage is in accordance with the high self-confident tone of his mind, with his sympathy with the dominant genius of ...

... etween them (xxxii. sq.) . These primitive stories of the relations between the eponymous heads of the Edomites and Israelites are due to the older (Judaean) sources; the late notices of the Priestly school (see GENESIS) preserve a different account of the par ...